“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The Only Lasting Truth is Change” – Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
Based on the post-apocalyptic novel by the late Afro-futurist and science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower is a genre-defying opera that harnesses two centuries of Black music.
Conceived by Toshi Reagon, whom Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with, Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, Parable chronicles the spiritual awakening of young Lauren Olamina amidst a dystopian America wracked by the violence brought on by unrelenting greed and systemic injustice.
Parable fuses science fiction, African-American spiritualism, a deep examination of gender, race and environmental activism to construct a mesmerizing work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on the future of human civilization.
Part of Under the Radar 2018
