“The Dark Lab presents a highly collaborative, community-centered project aimed at “bringing the symbiotic histories of Black and Indigenous coalition to the surface in order to build future worlds of co-production and co-existence in the face of ongoing conquest.” Their philosophy “is to learn from non-Western traditions about how to tell a good story” with a sense of the “‘common good,’ ethical grounds, and the value of being an engaging storyteller using multimedia.”They ground their work in understanding the methods and values of Black and Indigenous communities and letting those methods and values shape their process.”

— Derrick Spires, “On Liberation Bibliography,” Bibliographic Society of America 2021 Keynote

“We want to fund and amplify Black and Indigenous narratives of local storytellers, especially about the human relationship to ecology,” Goffe said. “We also want to provide a horizontal and vertical network of mentorship.”

— Kate Blackwood, “Dark Laboratory to amplify Black, Indigenous voices”, Cornell Chronicle

The lab “reckons with the history of slavery,” Goffe says. “It’s a collective for people interested in this entanglement at the crossroads of Black studies and Native studies.” The advisory board — composed of experts in technology, academia, and Hollywood — includes Princeton professors Ruha Benjamin and Tracy K. Smith.

— “The Journey Here: Tao Leigh Goffe ’09 Seeks Truer Narratives,”Princeton Alumni Weekly