Directed by John Akomfrah • 1996 • United Kingdom
John Akomfrah, cofounder of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, crafted this experimental blend of sci-fi parable and essay film, which also serves as an essential primer on the aesthetics and dynamics of contemporary Afrofuturism. Interviews with esteemed musicians, writers, and cultural critics are interwoven with the fictional story of the “data thief,” who must travel through time and space in search of the code that holds the key to his future.
Up Next in Radical Dreams, Underground Sounds: 13 Films Presented by Dweller
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Maestro
Directed by Josell Ramos • 2003 • United States
Starring Larry Levan, David Mancuso, Frankie KnucklesThe origins of New York City’s legendary underground dance-club culture are explored in this kinetic cult documentary—a vivid chronicle of a scene that became an oasis for the city’s queer and B...
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Exhibitionist—Purpose Maker Mix
Directed by Jeff Mills • 2004 • United States
Witness the artist at work as legendary Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills creates a live DJ mix with astonishing, hypnotic dexterity.
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Shakedown
Directed by Leilah Weinraub • 2018 • United States
Charting the eight-year run of Shakedown, a peripatetic black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles, director Leilah Weinraub attempts “to portray the before and after of a utopic moment.” Weinraub presents a world unto itself, shaped by the desires...
