AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange Season 17: Episode 3 - Neptune Frost & Tsutsue
Episode 3’s feature film, Neptune Frost, is an Afrofuturist musical that follows the relationship between Neptune, an intersex hacker, and Matalusa, a coltan miner. The story unfolds in a village made of computer parts, where Neptune and Matalusa join a hacker collective to challenge the authoritarian regime exploiting their region’s natural resources. Following this feature is the short, Tsutsue, an Afrofuturistic narrative film set in a small Ghanaian town at the edge of an oceanside landfill. There, two sons of a fisherman — Sowah and Okai — struggle to cope with the death of their eldest brother who drowned during a fishing expedition.
The Aunties shares the story of Black land stewards & culture bearers Donna Dear and Paulette Greene. Told alongside the lands of The Underground Railroad, this historic tale also interweaves the indelible legacies of Harriet Tubman and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms.
