Black Rebels
Afro Future
Historical overviews are often painful for people of colour. Looking to the future keeps hope alive, but the present always has roots in the past. Mon 30-1 11:15 KINO 1 Wed 1-2 14:15 LantarenVenster 1
Afronauts Frances Bodomo Zambia, 1969. A rag-tag group is trying to launch a moon rocket to beat the American Apollo 11. The astronaut is a 17-year-old girl who has to be the first to set foot on the moon along with her two cats. The scientific zeitgeist seen from the point of view of those who were not part of it. Inspired by true events. USA, 2014, b&w, video, 14', English
Prod: Isabella Wing-Davey Sc: Frances Bodomo Cam: Joshua James Richards Ed: Sara Shaw Prod des: Feli Lamenca Music: Brian McOmber With: Diandra Forrest, Yolonda Ross, Hoji Fortuna Print/Sales: Frances Bodomo
Remigration Barry Jenkins The only people living in the future in San Francisco are affluent citizens and there are too few labourers to do the necessary manual work. Using a remigration programme, the government is luring former working-class inhabitants back into the city; the same people who were once chased out. Can they trust the government? Real inhabitants play themselves here. USA, 2011, colour, video, 19', English
Prod: Justin Barber, Barry Jenkins, Jesse Ehman, Michael Jacobs, Ariel Dovas Prod Comp: Strike Anywhere, Independent Television Service (ITVS) Sc: Barry Jenkins Cam: James Laxton Ed: Richard Levien Sound des: J.M. Davey, Zach Seivers Music: Keegan DeWitt With: Russell Hornsby, Paola Mendoza, Rick Yune, Avelina Salazar, Jesse Dubus Print/Sales: Strike Anywhere
The Golden Chain Ezra Claytan Daniels, Adebukola Bodunrin Yetunde, the only crew member on Nigerian space station Eko, witnesses a recreation of the birth of the universe. This journey to the edge of the universe is a revisit of the Yoruba earth creation tale and a collaboration between experimental filmmaker Bodunrin and graphic novelist Daniels. USA, 2016, colour, DCP, 14', English
Prod: Adebukola Bodunrin Sound des: Alex Inglizian With: D. Denenge Akpem, Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah, Adebukola Bodunrin, Ezra Claytan Daniels Print/Sales: Adebukola Bodunrin www.adebukolabodunrin.com
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