{"id":2033,"date":"2023-10-17T14:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/unkategorisiert\/afro-futures-shorts\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:28:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T17:28:54","slug":"afro-futures-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrikamera.de\/en\/films-2023\/sunday-nov-192023\/afro-futures-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRO FUTURE(S) SHORTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AFRO FUTURE(S) FORUM<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

AFRO FUTURE(S) SHORTS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria \/ Uganda \/ USA \/ France 2014-21 I OV with engl. subs I 79 min

SUN 19 NOV
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This short film programme explores contemporary Afrofuturism and magical realism.
Curated by Kantarama Gahigiri, Maisha Maene & Adyam Tesfamariam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AFRONAUTS\u00a0<\/a><\/h3> <\/header>\n
von NUOTAMA FRANCES BODOMO I USA 2014 I OV with engl. subs I 14 min I Based on true events, Ghanaian filmmaker Nuotama Frances Bodomo takes a look into a past future. In 1964 – shortly before Zambia's independence – a disgraced teacher (Mukuka Nkoloso) takes his pupils to a remote area to start an unofficial space programme. Their astronaut is 17-year-old Matha Mwamba, who has albinism. Was Matha chosen for the launch because she is the revered "Daughter of the Moon"? As the countdown to the launch of the Bantu-7 rocket begins, Matha must decide whether she will give…<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n
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WOMXN, THE NIGHTMARE OF YOU KNOW WHO<\/a><\/h3> <\/header>\n
von EDEN TINTO COLLINS & ADRIEN GYSTERE PESKINE I France 2018 I OV with engl. subs I 4 min | French singer, illustrator and musician Gyst\u00e8re continues his homage to Sun Ra with this short film directed by multidisciplinary artist Eden Tinto Collins. In this inspired musical collage that combines Afrofuturism, allusions to black culture, outer space and Z-series, a superheroine (WOMXN, played by Tinto herself) is summoned from outer space by a dolphin to put an end to police violence.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n
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SWIMMING IN YOUR SKIN AGAIN<\/a><\/h3> <\/header>\n
TERENCE NANCE USA 2015 I OmeU I 26 min | Drenched in the heat, spirit and landscape of South Florida, Swimming in Your Skin Again celebrates the spiritual feminine and coming of age.Guided by female inspirations we tour the ritual anchorages of life in and around Miami: the Catholic church, the swamp, the backyard, the wate<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n
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AKOOTA<\/a><\/h3> <\/header>\n
DILMAN DILA I Uganda 2019 I OV with engl. subs I 20 min I This sci-fi short film tells of a young girl's fight against genetically modified swarms of mosquitoes in her village.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n
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EG\u00daNG\u00daN (MASQUERADE)<\/a><\/h3> <\/header>\n
von OLIVE NWOSU I Nigeria \/ UK 2021 I OV with engl. subs I 15 min I Salewa has to return to Lagos for her mother's funeral, a place where she was once forced to hide. At the funeral, she meets an important person from her past and is forced to set out in search of her own peace. Nigerian filmmaker Olive Nwosus' short film is a meditation on home, memory and identity – and ultimately on the many versions of ourselves.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n

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