Neptune Frost

Neptune Frost is a musical science fiction film, directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman and released in 2021.[1] The film is an Afrofuturist story set in a village in Rwanda made of computer parts, and centers on the relationship between Neptune (Elvis Ngabo and Cheryl Isheja), an intersex runaway, and Matalusa (Kaya Free), a coltan miner, whose love leads a hacker collective.[2] Major themes in the film include anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, and queerness.

Neptune Frost
Directed bySaul Williams
Anisia Uzeyman
Written bySaul Williams
Produced byMaria Judice
Ezra Miller
Saul Williams
StarringElvis Ngabo
Cheryl Isheja
Kaya Free
CinematographyAnisia Uzeyman
Edited byAnisha Acharya
Music bySaul Williams
Production
companies
Distributed byKino Lorber
Release date
  • July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Rwanda
LanguageEnglish

The cast also includes Eliane Umuhire, Dorcy Rugamba, Rebecca Mucyo, Trésor Niyongabo, Eric Ngangare, Natacha Muziramakenga and Cécile Kayirebwa.

The project was originally conceived by Williams as a graphic novel and stage musical.[3] Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of the film's executive producers.[3]

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,[4] where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm.[5] It had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]

References
  1. Christopher Vourlias, "Saul Williams on Mad Dash to Bring His African Sci-Fi Musical ‘Neptune Frost’ to Cannes". Variety, July 16, 2021.
  2. Tambay Obenson, "‘Neptune Frost’: Saul Williams Confronts Status Quo with East African Cyber Musical". IndieWire, July 17, 2021.
  3. Wendy Ide, "‘Neptune Frost’: Cannes Review". Screen Daily, July 14, 2021.
  4. Tom Grater, "‘Neptune Frost’ First Clip: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight Pic Is Produced By Ezra Miller & Lin-Manuel Miranda". Deadline Hollywood, July 11, 2021.
  5. Yves Lafontaine, "Les films du Festival de Cannes en lice pour la Queer Palm". Fugues, June 29, 2021.
  6. Ben Dalton, "Toronto sets TIFF Docs, Midnight Madness, Wavelengths titles for 2021". Screen Daily, August 4, 2021.
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