‘Steamfunk & Rococoa: A Black Victorian Fantasy’ (2013)
Seattle’s Langston Hughes African-American Film Festival (Apr. 26 – May 4) is celebrating Black science fiction in film with Black Sci-Fi Night on Wednesday, April 30th.
Followed by a reading of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements , the event will showcase three amazing films from this genre: Secret Decoder Ring, Steamfunk and Rococoa: A Black Victorian Fantasy, The Man in the Silo , and the documentary Black Sci-Fi .
Learn more about the features and see details about the festival event below.
Secret Decoder Ring, USA, 2013, 4 min
Justin is a normal kid eating his favorite breakfast cereal, when a special offer catches his eye: a secret decoder ring. He succumbs to the lure and sends away for it by mail. What he gets in return is more than he bargained for!
Steamfunk & Rococoa: A Black Victorian Fantasy, USA, 2013, 4 min
A Black Victorian Fantasy is a mixed-media documentary short that explores an esoteric genre called Steampunk, and more specifically how people of color are engaging the steampunk aesthetic in creative ways. The intersection between past and future, technology and maker culture, and identity all appear in this unique science-fiction subsidiary. Many artists of color are using it as a venue to re-invent historical narratives of slavery and oppression. A combination of digitally-animated hand-drawn images, photographs, and live-action footage give a short-form introduction to this subject.
Black Sci-Fi, UK, 1992
The Man in the Silo, USA, 54 min
Marcus Wells (Ernie Hudson), a successful African- American business man, wakes up to find himself in a dilapidated grain silo, and must reconnect the dots of his scattered and traumatized memory to discover the truth of how he ended up there; the deserted farm house across the way holds the dark secrets of the tragedy that befell him and his family.
When
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
7:00 pm
Where
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
104 17th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98144
Cost
Adult:
$10.00
Senior/Youth:
$5.00
Group:
$7.00 per ticket (Minimum of 50 Tickets, $350.00 total, not applicable for youth/seniors)
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