afronauts (short film version)
2014 | 14min | hd | b&w | usa

role: director & writer

synopsis: it's july 16, 1969: america is preparing to launch apollo 11. thousands of miles away, the zambia space academy hopes to beat america to the moon. inspired by true events.

premieres: sundance | berlinale | new directors/new films

exhibitions:

• venice biennale architecture (us pavilion), dimensions of citizenship
• whitney museum, dreamlands: immersive cinema and art, 1905-2016
• moma, future imperfect: the uncanny in science fiction
• barbican centre, into the unknown: a journey through science fiction
• goethe-institut johannesburg, african futures
  vitra design museum, making africa

cast:
diandra forrest
hoji fortuna
yolonda ross

crew:
producers: isabella wing-davey
director of photography: joshua james richards
production designer: feli lamenca
costume designer: sarita fellows
editor: sara shaw
sound designer: scott hirsch
music: brian mcomber

dvd available for academic libraries
afronautsfilm@gmail.com

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