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Afro-punk (sometimes spelled Afro-Punk, Afropunk or AfroPunk) refers to the participation of African Americans and other black people in the punk and alternative music cultures, especially in the United States, where this scene had been overwhelmingly white. In the early 21st century, Afro-punks made up a minority in the North American punk scene.
Notable bands that can be linked to the Afro-punk community include: Death, Pure Hell, Bad Brains, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Kennedys, Fishbone, Wesley Willis Fiasco, Suffrajett, The Templars, and Rough Francis. Afro-punk has become a movement, comparable to the early hip hop movement of the 1980s.
The Afropunk Music Festival was founded in 2005 by director James Spooner and Matthew Morgan. The first festivals built on fans and musicians' interest in Spooner's documentary film, Afro-Punk (2003). The annual festival has been based in Brooklyn, New York. Spooner left the festival after its 2008 production, and he is working in Los Angeles.
In 2015 the Afropunk Festival started charging entry fees of $40 to 50 in Brooklyn, although people could complete volunteer work to enter. It also was produced in Paris, France, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Punk has spread to Africa and the Caribbean, where the majority-black cultures have dominated a music scene descended from ethnic African and Afro-Caribbean influences.
Afro-Punk: The Rock (2003) is a 66-minute documentary film directed by James Spooner, exploring the roles of African Americans within what was then an overwhelmingly white punk scene across the United States of America and abroad. The film focuses on the lives of four African Americans dedicated to the punk rock lifestyle, interspersed with interviews from scores of black punk rockers from all over the United States.
Fans of the film and music organized in a kind of alternative movement, and have supported an annual AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn, New York since 2005. It was free until 2015, and many fans protested at having to pay $40 to 50 for entry.