NEPTUNE FROST
Join us for special screenings of the visionary Afrofuturist musical NEPTUNE FROST March 24, 25, and 26 followed by a free lecture by Dr. Steven Shaviro on March 27. Tickets for screenings of NEPTUNE FROST are free for UNL students and regular Ross prices for the general public. Presented in partnership with the UNL Film Studies Program.
Dr. Steven Shaviro (Emeritus Professor of English at Wayne State University) has published books on science fiction, film theory, philosophy, and music videos. His latest book is Fluid Futures: Science Fiction and Potentiality.
Tickets available soon. Free UNL Student tickets available at the Ross Box Office only (not available online).
SHOWTIMES
NEPTUNE FROST ~ 7:10 P.M.
NEPTUNE FROST ~ 4:50 P.M.
NEPTUNE FROST ~ 7:10 P.M.
DR. STEVEN SHAVIRO LECTURE ~ 5:00 P.M.
“OF MINERALS AND GENDERS: AFROFUTURISM, CYBERPUNK, and NEPTUNE FROST”
SYNOPSIS
Multi-hyphenate, multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams brings his unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision, a sci-fi punk musical that’s a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that Williams has explored in his work, notably his 2016 album MartyrLoserKing. 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 attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an 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 – Neptune Frost is an invigorating and empowering direct download to the cerebral cortex and a call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends.
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NOT RATED
Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.
