#Anisia Uzeyman

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Neptune Frost (2021), dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman

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Neptune Frost (2021)

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Neptune Frost (2021, dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman)

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Neptune Frost (2021), dir. Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, This is where I am, November, 1974

(Via: Anisia Uzeyman)

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Neptune Frost (Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams, 2021)

Cast: Cheryl Isheija, Elvis Ngabo, Bertrand Ninteretse, Elane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba, Rebecca Uwamahoro, Trésor Niyongabo, Eric Ngangare, Natacha Muziramakenga, Cécile Kayirebwa, Diogène Ntarindwa. Screenplay: Saul Williams. Cinematography: Anisia Uzeyman. Production design: Cedric Mizero, Antoine Nshimiyimana. Film editing: Anisha Achyara. Music: Saul Williams. Costume design: Cedric Mizero.

Neptune Frost is ... well, what is it? An American-Rwandan anti-colonialist, anti-capitalist queer sci-fi musical about the confluence of the autochthonic and technology? If you go looking for more descriptives, you'll encounter concepts like "cyberpunk" and "Afrofuturist" that seem appropriate but also insufficient to characterize the film. And don't expect any spoilers here; I couldn't go into particulars on the plot if you forced me to. It starts in a coltan mine: That's the ore from which the stuff that helps run our computers and cell phones and whatnot is refined. It's a "conflict mineral": Wars, trade and otherwise, are fought over it. And then the story moves, through the peregrinations of our protagonists, Neptune, played by both Cheryl Isheija and Elvis Ngabo (the character is intersex), and Matalusa (Bertrand Ninteretse, aka Kaya Free), to an e-waste dump that becomes a hacker community that takes over the world's computers. Confused? Just go with it: This is an extraordinary movie, both in the watching and in the backstory of how it was made. There is poetry and wit here that needs more than one viewing to assimilate. For example, the name Matalusa is a Joycean pun: "martyr and loser," and by the end of the film it becomes Matalusa King -- Martin Luther King. There is music and color here -- a special nod to Cedric Mizero's costume design. So maybe it's not a film for everyone, but I am dazzled and baffled by it. 

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Seen in 2023:

Neptune Frost (Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman), 2021

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Neptune Frost

Neptune Frost    [trailer]

An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union.

Some striking visuals with some memorable, lo-fi futuristic production design. But I can't say that I understood everything what was going on.

But it probably wasn't meant to be entirely understood. It often felt more like a poetic dream state with more emphasis on mood than coherent story. It's still a challenging watch.

[cristalconnors]

70. Neptune Frost (Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, 2022)

Has the moxie, but not the focus to pull off this high-wire act. The music, however…wig.

Rating: 7.6/10

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NEPTUNE FROST first nomination !  To many more ✨✨✨✨

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Saolomea, Saolomea

By Anisia Uzeyman.

[beingharsh]

Neptune Frost (2021), dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman

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"Time held a mirror and reflected a world of parallels... of fear and longing, with no sense of belonging. But that dissonance became a song in me. What should have destroyed me... what attempted to gender or 'boy' me, set me free."

Neptune Frost (2021) dir. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman

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NEPTUNE FROST (2021) dir. Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman

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Neptune Frost (2021), dir. Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

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My Top 10 of 2022

Fire of Love dir. Sara Dosa

Aftersun dir. Charlotte Wells

Happening dir. Audrey Diwan 

The Woman King dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood

Neptune Frost dir. Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams

Emily dir. Frances O’Connor 

Corsage dir. Marie Kreutzer

Bodies Bodies Bodies dir. Halina Reijn

Hawa dir. Maïmouna Doucouré

Mr. Malcolm's List dir. Emma Holly Jones

Honourable mention:

Catherine Called Birdy dir. Lena Dunham, Causeway dir. Lila Neugebauer, Don't Worry Darling dir. Olivia Wilde, The Eternal Daughter dir. Joanna Hogg, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul dir. Adamma Ebo