MOVIE REVIEW: Activist artist Saul Williams crafts an Afrofuturist classic in Neptune Frost.
I’ll get this out of the way right here at the top. Please don’t let the fact that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s name is attached todissuade you from watching it. It’s not that kind of musical, thank goodness. Yes, he’s an executive producer, but you won’t see any of his fingerprints on this film.is set in Rwanda's coltan mines. There, dozens of miners work tirelessly under the watchful eye of the Authority, digging out the mineral. Mata is working there with his younger brother, Tekno .
American activist artist Saul Williams and Rwandan playwright Anisia Uzeyman have given the world a visually stunning and of-the-moment piece of revolutionary science-fiction goodness. The colors inpop like a neon-colored Skittles explosion, while the story sheds light on the plight of the forgotten. The miners are forced to dig for coltan, which is turned into tantalum capacitors used in nearly all types of electronic devices. Mata was digging for just room and board.
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