WRIF 17th Annual Film Festival: Neptune Frost

WHITE RIVER INDIE FILM FESTIVAL  |  MAY 20 - 29

Film - Party - Panel on Saturday, May 21st and Sunday, May 22nd
At The Briggs Opera House in White River Junction

Neptune Frost

dirs. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman, USA/Rwanda (subtitled), 105 min

Neptune Frost is a low-budget, sci-fi, Afrofuturist odyssey, bursting with sound, color, and creativity. In the East African country of Burundi, a former miner and an intersex runaway are drawn together by forces both cosmic and technological. Matalusa (Kaya Free) escapes the exploitative labor of the coltan mines, where precious metals are unearthed to power modern telecommunication devices. Neptune, who is played by a masculine-presenting actor (Elvis Ngabo) in the early stages of the story and a feminine-presenting actor (Cheryl Isheja) in the latter, flees the life they’ve known and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. The two seekers are welcomed by a collective of cybernetic hackers who aim to disrupt global networks of colonization. Neptune Frost is about finding a sense of self and community outside of systems of oppression and harnessing the awesome power of inner and planetary resources to dismantle structures of thought and economy. And, on top of all of that, it’s a musical too.

Film Screening Saturday, May 21st, 7pm

After-Party 9:30pm @ Nancy the Girl clothing store

Panel discussion Sunday, May 22nd, 12pm

Be in the audience for this CATV live-streamed panel, in which Dartmouth College faculty members Desirée Garcia, Iyabo Kwayana, and Misty De Berry discuss the history of Afrofuturism as a subgenre and the specific innovations of Neptune Frost.

Sponsored by Nancy the Girl