“But those least served and most often violated by social systems make fantastic dissidents. Black women are the perfect alienated subjects for dystopian narratives, and in Children of Men and 28 Days Later we see such women at the center of the films' stories. In Children of Men, the teenage African immigrant Kee is humanity's sole hope, and the reason for the journey of escape. Pregnant, her body is quite literally producing the potential future of the human race. In 28 Days Later the protagonist Selena is the film's heroine and sole adult survivor. It is Selena who ultimately leads the band of travelers. She holds the film's central bleak vision and articulates its philosophical ambivalence, whether or not humanity has the potential to survive its own violent tendencies.”
–The Human Project: utopia, dystopia and the black heroine in Children of Men and 28 Days Later by Jayna Brown
