PHOTOS: First-ever BlerdFest brings out the cool, nerdy kid in all of us

Academy Award-winning film production designer Hannah Bleachler came out to the first-ever BlerdFest on April 6, closing out a celebration of melanin in the science fiction genre.

by Matt Haines
April 8, 2019

A black sci-fi nerd fest in Algiers? Yep, you heard right.

Academy Award-winning film production designer Hannah Bleachler came out to the first-ever BlerdFest on April 6, closing out a celebration of melanin in the science fiction genre.

Missed the cation and the costumes? Check out our gallery below and click here to see how organizers put the fest together.

 

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