Neptune Frost

Neptune Frost (2022)

In the hilltops of Burundi, a group of escaped coltan miners form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective. From their camp in an otherworldly e-waste dump, they attempt a takeover of the authoritarian regime exploiting the region's natural resources – and its people. When an intersex runaway and an escaped coltan miner find each other through cosmic forces, their connection sparks glitches within the greater divine circuitry.

Date of release
2022-06-03
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction, Music, Fantasy
Director
Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Rwanda

Neptune Frost is a 2021 science fiction romantic musical co-directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman and starring Cheryl Isheja, Elvis Ngabo and Kaya Free. Set in a post-civil war Burundi spanning past, future, and present times, the film follows the relationship between an intersex hacker and a coltan miner. Ezra Miller is a producer and Lin-Manuel Miranda an executive producer. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors Fortnight section on July 8, 2021, and was released in the United States on June 3, 2022, by Kino Lorber to critical acclaim.

Production

The project was originally conceived by Saul Williams as a graphic novel in 2013, and later a stage musical. Williams' 2016 album MartyrLoserKing explored further ideas that were incorporated into the film.

In 2018, Williams launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds, with Lin-Manuel Miranda joining as an executive producer.

In February 2020, it was announced that Ezra Miller and Stephen Hendel were set to produce, with principal photography commencing. Production took place over the course of 27 days in Rwanda.

Neptune Frost is the debut feature film by directors Saul Williams and Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, described as "a bombastic Afrofuturist sci-fi punk musical" on Rogerebert.com.

"Neptune Frost" is the name of a black Revolutionary soldier who served in the Continental Army in 1775.

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