Neptune Frost
Neptune Frost
Directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
(USA/Rwanda, 2021, digital, in Kinyarwanda, English, Swahili, and French with English subtitles)
Neptune Frost is an Afrofuturist sci-fi punk musical created by multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams. Based on his album MartyrLoserKing, the film takes place in the hilltops of Burundi, where escaped miners form an anti-colonialist computer-hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources—and its people.
This film is presented in conjunction with Pride Month.
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The MFAH film department is supported by Tenaris; the Vaughn Foundation; The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Consulate General of Italy in Houston; Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles; Consulate General of Brazil in Houston; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L’Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.
Community Partners: Big Queer Picture Show and Houston Cinema Arts Society
Neptune Frost
Directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman
(USA/Rwanda, 2021, 105 minutes)
Brown Auditorium Theater