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Film Screening Film screening of Neptune Frost to fundraise for Paper Crown Rwanda
Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM EDT 3 hrs
Hosted by Paper Crown Rwanda
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The Film

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.
Title
Neptune Frost
Release
2021
Runtime
106 min
Rating
NR
Genre
Sci-Fi
Director
Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman
Origin
United States
Language
English

Join me for a screening of Neptune Frost

Attend this event from anywhere!
This online event will take place on April 23 at 11am Pacific / 2pm East Coast / 8pm Central Europe and Rwanda. The event will last approximately 2.5 hours.

This event will feature a screening of the award-winning film Neptune Frost followed by a discussion and Q&A with the Paper Crown Rwanda (PCR) team and some of the artists behind the film. 
The award-winning film Neptune Frost was filmed in Rwanda co-directors Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams. It is a mesmerizing Afrofuturist musical that explores gender, capitalism, technology, and more. Follow the protagonists - an intersex African hacker and a coltan miner - to see the virtual marvel born as the result of their union.
All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards Paper Crown's project "Empower Rwandan Women to Become Community Educators" that will fund 5 women to join the PCR team as champions of change and help them scale their transformative gender work across Rwanda, a region where violence against girls and women is on the rise. Through this project, PCR will be able to transform harmful gender norms and support girls and boys to be advocates for social justice. 

Find out more about Paper Crown here. 
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Frequently Asked Questions

This event is online and you can attend from anywhere in the world using a computer, smartphone, or tablet.
We'll miss you but would love your support through Paper Crown's Global Giving page here: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/empower-rwandan-women-to-be-community-educators/
The film will be shown with subtitles in English. The spoken languages in the film include Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French, and English.
The viewing platform, Gathr, will send you a link in advance of the event.
The panel discussion and Q&A will be approximately 30 minutes. Yes, you will have the chance to submit questions via the event chat.
This is a one-time event so there will not be any additional screenings held by Paper Crown.
The film is recommended for ages 13+. Trigger Warnings are for police brutality, strobe or flashing lighting.
Yes, you can come late! The event portal will be open for the duration of the event.
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