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Kindred review – a reductive, hollow view of Black trauma

This depressing, mundane adaptation takes Octavia Butler’s groundbreaking 1979 novel and turns its time-travelling depictions of slavery into something woeful. What a letdown

The Guardian - UK

Broad City, Kindred and The 400 Blows: what’s new to streaming in Australia this February

Plus David Cronenberg’s latest grisly experiment, a very rich dog, so much queer content, and the Jennaissance continues with another Coolidge film

The Guardian - AU

The long road to adapting Octavia Butler

The first Black woman to win the Nebula and Hugo awards, Butler loved a genre that took its time loving her back

Salon

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How ‘Kindred’ brought Octavia Butler’s time travel and slavery story to FX

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Actress Mallori Johnson first encountered the work of writer Octavia Butler when she read “Fledgling,” a novel about a young Black vampire. It was the summer before she left home for the Julliard School in New York City.

The Orange County Register

Review: 'Kindred's' transfer to TV keeps the novel's plot intact, but loses its spirit

Sixteen years after her premature death, Octavia Butler is having a moment. As one of the first Black women to write science fiction, Butler has been celebrated and studied for a long time, but she has lately come into wider view. Her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" jumped onto…

Los Angeles Times

Kindred honors Octavia Butler's classic

Smart tweaks by showrunner and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins give the classic story renewed relevance in 2022

Salon

Kindred review – Octavia E Butler’s daring sci-fi novel makes for hit-and-miss TV

The acclaimed author’s book, about a woman traveling back in time to a slave plantation, is transformed into an overlong yet well-acted series

The Guardian - US

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