HARLEM FRAGMENTS

HARLEM FRAGMENTS 1970

10.00

Harlem Fragments is an Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family's beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can't look away from the tragedy. Based on true events- The film explores the haunting societal pressures of achieving the Black American dream, told in the POV of 10 year old TJ revisiting his family's home that's up for sale. By empowering this Black boy in this film with the agency to imagine, TJ, through his own journey, finds a way to process and come to terms with his family's divorce. It's important for every Black child out there enduring the same foreign emotions to know that it's okay to feel them, and affirm that there is a future trajectory forward out of the initial destruction.

1970

Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place 1974

5.80

Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.

1974

Outside the Aquarium

Outside the Aquarium 2021

10.00

"Outside the Aquarium" is the new exhibition of protagonist Jonas. In his paintings he portrays his experiences as a black immigrant and part of the LGBT Community expressing his fears, loneliness and dreams for the future.

2021

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove

The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 2014

7.00

A documentary on funk and P-funk and the bands and artists that made it all happen: James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Maurice White and his Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Kool & The Gang and lots more. It tells the story of black American music and how it evolved from funk to more main stream to disco to hiphop to contemporary R 'n B and its impact on society. Music and live footage from the bands, interviews with artists and band members of Kool & The Gang, Earth Wind & Fire, George Clinton and lots more.

2014

Sankofa

Sankofa 1970

1

A short documentary that emerge at the center of round table debate, participating in it there's three students from the Superior School of Arts and Design, Caldas da Rainha - Portugal. This conversation go along with a video essay about Afrofuturism and Pop Culture. Also, during the debate, an interview with another student gives some real example of how afrofuturism can be applied when it comes to in taking control of the colonial narratives into a black person perspective.

1970

Neptune Frost

Neptune Frost 2022

5.80

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.

2022

Liminality

Liminality 1970

1

Zari and Aina are a young couple, orbiting each other but struggling to connect. We first see each of them in their own element: Zari painting to finish a piece for a gallery opening, and Aina coding her own video game designed to increase self-awareness. When Aina makes an effort to connect and Zari shuts her out again, Aina is triggered to send her girlfriend into the video game. In the game, Zari meets different versions of herself and her ego's desires. Ultimately, she has to decide what she's willing to let go of in order to advance to the next level. When the game malfunctions, Aina launches her back into reality and they finally confront each other.

1970

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise 1980

6.20

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute film includes multiple public and private performances, poetry readings, a band rehearsal, interviews, and extensive improvisations. Transferred to HD from the original 16mm film and lovingly restored for the best possible viewing experience.

1980

Good Stock On The Dimension Floor: An Opera

Good Stock On The Dimension Floor: An Opera 2014

1

A collectively made filmic opera in 35 parts. The Black and predominantly queer art collective, an evolving line up of poets and artists from across the world, abstracts and reimagines opera in any traditional conception. Set to hip-hop, blues, noise, R&B and electronica, the piece uses the voice (chanting, singing, screaming; written by poet and activist Dawn Lundy Martin) as its primary tool, verbalising centuries of alienation, vulnerability and protest in the global African diaspora through its disruptive libretto.

2014

The Burden

The Burden 2023

1

When culture vultures apply for citizenship on a new planet colonized by Black people, three judges must decide how to deal with folks who want everything but the burden.

2023

Estação: Liberdade

Estação: Liberdade 2025

10.00

In a world in collapse, when the present seems unbearable and the future nonexistent, Anteliza, a young black woman about to leave school, receives a note that leads her down unlikely paths. Between desires, pressures, and possibilities, she will be confronted with a free reality she has always dreamed of. But what is freedom when it demands that you abandon who you are?

2025

Crocodile Dance

Crocodile Dance 1970

1

When an ancient water goddess threatens her town, Roukia, a silenced musician must reclaim her voice to break a generational curse and save herself and her family.

1970

The Last Angel of History

The Last Angel of History 1996

6.60

An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology.

1996

Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia 2024

1

A young black man wakes up chained in a dark room and is hypnotized by the static of a TV.

2024

Afro Algorithms

Afro Algorithms 2022

1

This 3D animated short film in the Afrofuturist genre explores the topics of AI and bias. In a distant future, an artificial intelligence named Aero is inaugurated as the world's first AI ruler. But Aero soon learns that important worldviews are missing from her databank, including the experiences of the historically marginalized and oppressed.

2022

Come Back To Us

Come Back To Us 2025

1

The disillusioned sea, longing to fade away, sends out a call to find its lost love..

2025

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture

Dark Matter: A History of the Afrofuture 2021

6.00

An exploration – from Jean-Michel Basquiat to Grace Jones – of how black artists use the sci-fi genre to examine black history and imagine new, alternative futures.

2021

They Charge for the Sun

They Charge for the Sun 2016

1

In a dystopian future where people live nocturnally to avoid the harmful rays of the sun, a young black girl unravels the lie that has kept her and her sister in the dark.

2016

To the Moon

To the Moon 1970

1

In a vibrant Afro-futuristic village powered by invention and imagination, two inseparable friends, Aisha and Neumy, set out on one last daring adventure before life pulls them in different directions. When a sudden power outage threatens to ruin their cosmic plans, Aisha’s determination sparks a bold idea that tests the limits of friendship, courage, and creation itself.

1970

O Disco das Histórias

O Disco das Histórias 2024

1

After a flying saucer containing all the stories of humanity crashes in his backyard, a young artist seeks help to interpret its messages.

2024

Iwájú

Iwájú 2024

6.89

Two friends in a futuristic Nigeria discover secrets and dangers hidden in their different worlds.

2024

Sol Sistah and the Masters of Melanin

Sol Sistah and the Masters of Melanin 1970

1

Atomika, Sun goddess and queen to the cosmos, finds herself living a secret life as a high school student on an earth like planet in order to give a young boy new hope. Things go south when she realizes that neglecting her post to protect the solar system, opens the floodgates to an alien invasion caused by her mother “The BIG Bang”. The discovery of her 7 other sisters spurs sibling rivalry as she now has to lace up, conquer colossal creatures and defend her planets while concealing her true identity from the boy who has captured her heart.

1970