Black Utopia / Afro Futurisme
by extremeproduction | created - 30 Dec 2017 | updated - 24 Oct 2021 | Public*Lists with Afrofuturism Movies*
- https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/apr/02/afrofuturism-on-film-five-best-brooklyn-bamcinematek
- https://blackyouthproject.com/afro-futurism-films/
- https://www.okayafrica.com/8-must-see-afrofuturism-films/
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- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/your-far-out-guide-to-afrofuturism-and-black-magic_n_5711403fe4b0060ccda34a37
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/movies/touki-bouki-streaming-afrofuturism.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrofuturism_in_film
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1. Space Is the Place (1974)
R | 82 min | Sci-Fi, Music
In an effort to bring unity and equality to African-Americans, an interstellar traveler and musician lands on earth and duels with an evil overlord for the souls of people.
Director: John Coney | Stars: Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney
Votes: 1,463
2. The Bloodettes (2005)
97 min | Sci-Fi
In Jean-Pierre Bekolo's barbed political satire, an infectious hybrid of horror and science fiction, vampiric femmes fatales emasculate high-ranking Cameroonian officials through ancient rituals of Mevoungou.
Director: Jean-Pierre Bekolo | Stars: Adèle Ado, Dorylia Calmel, Emile Abossolo M'bo, Josephine Ndagnou
Votes: 165
3. Crumbs (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 68 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Our figurine sized supermen hero embarks on an epic surreal journey that will take him across the Ethiopian post apocalyptic landscape in search of a way to get on the hovering spacecraft that for years has become a landmark in the skies.
Director: Miguel Llansó | Stars: Daniel Tadesse, Quino Piñero, Selam Tesfayie, Mengistu Berhanu
Votes: 762
4. Drexciya (2012)
27 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Thomas is a smuggler, shipping European refugees who hope to find a better life in Africa. One day his boat sinks and he is washed up on the African coast as the only survivor. He then makes his way to the nearest city - Drexciya.
Director: Simon Rittmeier | Stars: Alexander Beyer, Rodrigue Ouattara, Adama Venegda, Josiane Hien Yeri
Votes: 9
5. Naked Reality (2016)
Sci-Fi
Wanita (Weza Da Silva), is on a search for her identity. As it is often the case in Bekolo's work, the personal identity of the character is but the smallest manifestation of an identity ... See full synopsis »
Director: Jean-Pierre Bekolo | Stars: Weza Da Silva, Luthuli Dlamini, Akin Omotoso
6. Pumzi (2009)
21 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu | Stars: Kudzani Moswela, Chantelle Burger, Tammy Richards, Nicole Bailey
Votes: 361
7. Lettres du voyant (2013)
40 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Lettres du Voyant is a documentary-fiction about spiritism and technology in contemporary Ghana, which attempts to uncover some truths about a mysterious practice called 'Sakawa'.
Director: Louis Henderson
8. Space Is the Place (1974)
R | 82 min | Sci-Fi, Music
In an effort to bring unity and equality to African-Americans, an interstellar traveler and musician lands on earth and duels with an evil overlord for the souls of people.
Director: John Coney | Stars: Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson, Christopher Brooks, Barbara Deloney
Votes: 1,463
9. Welcome II the Terrordome (1995)
R | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Racial violence breaks out in a huge, black ghetto - triggered by a white woman living there with a black man.
Director: Ngozi Onwurah | Stars: Suzette Llewellyn, Saffron Burrows, Felix Joseph, Valentine Nonyela
Votes: 353
10. The Last Angel of History (1996 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief," this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Octavia Butler, George Clinton, Kodwo Eshun, Edward George
Votes: 160
11. Blade (1998)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 299,107 | Gross: $70.09M
12. An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
TV-MA | 84 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
An artist's shortsighted film about a failed relationship is reedited into a more collaborative, more inclusive work of art.
Director: Terence Nance | Stars: Alisa Becher, Jc Cain, Reg E. Cathey, Dexter Jones
Votes: 813 | Gross: $0.07M
13. Pumzi (2009)
21 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu | Stars: Kudzani Moswela, Chantelle Burger, Tammy Richards, Nicole Bailey
Votes: 361
14. Robots of Brixton (2011)
6 min | Animation, Short, Action
Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London's new robot workforce - robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do... See full summary »
Director: Kibwe Tavares | Stars: Yung Swizz'Agg, Kibwe Tavares
Votes: 251
15. Afronauts (2014)
14 min | Short, Drama, History
16th July 1969: America prepares to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of kilometers away, a ragtag group of Zambian exiles is trying to beat America to the Moon.
Director: Nuotama Bodomo | Stars: Diandra Forrest, Yolonda Ross, Hoji Fortuna, Chester Algernal Gordon
Votes: 206
16. They Charge for the Sun (2016)
16 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.
Director: Terence Nance | Stars: Rylee Nykhol, Jontille Gerard, Crystal Cotton, Vickie Washington
Votes: 29
17. Sankofa (1993)
125 min | Drama
A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and ... See full summary »
Director: Haile Gerima | Stars: Kofi Ghanaba, Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Alexandra Duah, Nick Medley
Votes: 809 | Gross: $2.69M
18. The Last Angel of History (1996 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief," this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Octavia Butler, George Clinton, Kodwo Eshun, Edward George
Votes: 160
19. The Sin Seer (2015)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
Rose Ricard has a gift, she can see into your soul. She can discern the truth from a lie and sometimes, she can perceive the very thoughts before they are formed in your mind. She uses ... See full summary »
Director: Paul D. Hannah | Stars: Isaiah Washington, Lisa Arrindell, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, C. Thomas Howell
Votes: 296
20. Brown Girl Begins (2017)
84 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
It's 2049 on a forsaken island off the coast of Toronto where the survival of the islanders depends on young Ti-Jeanne to risk death by a spirit so she can take her place as a caribbean priestess and save her people.
Director: Sharon Lewis | Stars: Mouna Traoré, Nigel Shawn Williams, Shakura S'Aida, Emmanuel Kabongo
Votes: 234
21. Hello, Rain (2018)
30 min | Short, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Scientist-Witch through an alchemical combination of juju and technology creates wigs which grants she and her friends supernatural powers. But when their powers grow uncontrollable, she must stop them by any means.
Director: C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi | Stars: Keira, Tunde Aladese, Ogee Nelson, Nnedimma Gemma Ofili-Egungwu
Votes: 26
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