A trippy trailer has been launched for the African sci-fi musical Neptune Frost. The movie was written by Saul Williams and co-directed by Williams (in his function directorial debut) alongside Anisia Uzeyman (Dreamstates). It options performances by Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, and Dorcy Rugamba.
Right here’s the total synopsis:
Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, the movie takes place within the hilltops of Burundi, the place a bunch of escaped coltan miners type an anti-colonialist laptop hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they plan a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the area’s pure sources – and its folks. When an intersex runaway and escaped coltan miner discover one another by way of cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches inside the larger divine circuitry. Set between states of being – previous and current, dream and waking life, colonized and free, female and male, reminiscence and prescience – the movie is an invigorating, empowering direct obtain to the cerebral cortex and a name to reclaim expertise for progressive political ends.
This appears to be like actually charming, and has been described as such by many critics who’ve already seen it throughout many festivals together with Cannes, New York, Toronto, Sundance, and London. Take a look at the trailer and poster for the movie beneath, and watch Neptune Frost in choose US theaters beginning June third.
