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here's a thread of sci-fi/fantasy films with black leads 
The Meteor Man (1993) dir. Robert Townsend.
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) dir. Benh Zeitlin.
Son of Ingagi (1940) dir. Richard C. Kahn.
After Earth (2013) dir. M Night. Shyamalan.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) dir. Wes Craven.
Besouro (The Assailant) (2009) dir. João Daniel Tikhomiroff.
Sugar Hill (1974) dir. Paul Maslansky.
The Book of Eli (2010) dir. Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes.
The Wiz (1978) dir. Sidney Lumet.
Sleight (2017) dir. J.D. Dillard.
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) dir. John Sayles.
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) dir. Ron Underwood.
A Wrinkle in Time (2018) dir. Ava DuVernay.
Space is the Place (1974) dir. John Coney.
Attack the Block (2011) dir. Joe Cornish.
let me know if there's some that need to be added here especially if they're female led.
Fast Color (2018) dir. Julia Hart.
by the way remember this thread? https://twitter.com/lucid_unicorn/status/957208323807436800?s=19
