Neptune Frost15

Directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda/USA | 2021 | 1h 45m | Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French w/ English Subtitles | Starring Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo, Kaya Free, Eliane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba

Afrofuturist cyber-punk musical following a group of Burundi miners forming an anti-colonialist hacker collective in an attempt to topple the regime that is exploiting the region’s natural resources. When an intersex runaway and a miner find each other, their connection sparks glitches within the wider circuitry of the universe. An invigorating and visually wondrous call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends written and directed by multidisciplinary artists Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.

Reviews

‘The poetry of the script, the clarity of the messages, the beauty of the music and the earnestness of the performances combine to make Neptune Frost a powerful film.’
★★★★
Kevin Fox Jr, Paste Magazine

‘The film thrillingly captures the social, economic, political, and material character of Rwanda in the age of global communication.’
★★★★
Jake Cole, Slant Magazine

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20:45

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14:00

Nickel Boys 12A
2h 20m
In 1960s America, two young Black men form a friendship while in a corrupt reform school. Director RaMell Ross adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as an immersive exploration of America’s buried history.

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17:00

We Live in Time 15
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19:30

Byrne's Night Double Feature PG
1h 29m + 1h 28m
It's Byrne’s Night! Join us for a celebration of musician and artist David Byrne with a screening of his directorial debut True Stories back-to-back with Jonathan Demme’s iconic Talking Heads concert-doc Stop Making Sense.

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True Stories PG
1h 29m
Directed and hosted by a cowboy-hatted David Byrne, the frontman of Talking Heads, True Stories draws inspiration from tabloid headlines to create a postmodern tribute to the extraordinary nature of everyday American life.

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Stop Making Sense PG
1h 28m
Big songs. Even bigger suit. Filmmaker Jonathan Demme captures the intoxicating experience of New York art-rockers Talking Heads performing live at the peak of their powers in 1983.

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