A trippy trailer has been released for the African sci-fi musical Neptune Frost. The film was written by Saul Williams and co-directed by Williams (in his feature directorial debut) alongside Anisia Uzeyman (Dreamstates). It features performances by Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse, Eliane Umuhire, and Dorcy Rugamba.
Here’s the full synopsis:
Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, the film takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they plan a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry. Set between states of being – past and present, dream and waking life, colonized and free, male and female, memory and prescience – the film is an invigorating, empowering direct download to the cerebral cortex and a call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends.
This looks truly captivating, and has been described as such by many critics who have already viewed it across many festivals including Cannes, New York, Toronto, Sundance, and London. Check out the trailer and poster for the film below, and watch Neptune Frost in select US theaters starting June 3rd.
