NEPTUNE FROST (Reihe: VIELE MORGEN)

In the organizer's words:

RWA/USA 2021, Feature film, 105 min

Director: Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams

with: Cheryl Isheja, Bertrand Ninteretse "Kaya Free", Eliane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo, Eric Ngangare "1Key", Natacha Muziramakenga, Elvis Ngabo "Bobo"

Language: OmU (Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French, English with German subtitles)

Matalusa escapes from the coltan mine, where he has to dig for minerals to make cell phones, and flees to the hills of Burundi to join an anti-colonialist hacker collective. Here he meets Neptune, an intersex hacker. From an otherworldly-looking e-waste dump, they attempt to overthrow the authoritarian regime that exploits the region's natural resources - and its people.

The multidisciplinary artists from Rwanda and Burundi translate postcolonial and ecofeminist ideas into visually and musically stunning scenes full of impressive costumes, materials, set-pieces and design. In their queer sci-fi punk musical, they link the real world with the digital world and call for a future-oriented use of technology for progressive political purposes.

With an introduction to the film.

ENG: Matalusa flees the coltan mine where he is forced to dig up minerals for cell phones and escapes into the hills of Burundi to join an anti-colonial hacking collective, where he meets the intersexual hacker Neptune. Operating from an e-waste dump, they seek to overthrow the authoritarian regime that is exploiting the region's natural resources - and its people. Realized with a cast and crew from Rwanda and Burundi, the queer sci-fi punk musical deals with pressing issues of our time. In their brightly colored afro-futuristic vision, the multidisciplinary artists combine a visually and musically breathtaking melange of costumes and sets, ideas and songs. (Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Swahili, French, English with German subtitles)
There will be an introduction before the film.

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.