How Imagination and “The Force” Can Shape the Future with Star Wars Actor Ahmed Best
How We Future: Stories of Hope, Hype, and Gratitude por Lisa Kay Solomon
Notas del episodio
How do we reclaim our imagination as a force for freedom?
You might know Ahmed Best from his role as Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars universe– He is also the creator of AfroRithms from the Future and a lifelong champion of imagination as liberation. From the streets of the South Bronx to the worlds of the Jedi, Ahmed has spent his life proving that creativity can rewrite what’s possible.
You'll learn:
- Why imagination isn’t a luxury—it’s a right
- How watching the birth of hip-hop in the 70’s taught him that the future can be built from nothing
- The origin of AfroRithms from the Future and the joy of collective play
- What Afrofuturism reveals about freedom, history, and self-determination
- How his Jedi character, Kelleran Beq, teaches that The Force is lov ...
Palabras clave
change makersJedicreativityimaginationStar Wars