Laurence Fishburne

Culture critic and historian Elvis Mitchell traces the evolution — and revolution — of Black cinema from its origins to the impactful films of the 1970s.

In what used to be the American Southwest, a woman mercenary is hired to bust into a 21st-century robot warehouse which is operated by psychos.

The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into an idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare.