Neptune Frost
Neptune Frost is a musical science fiction film, directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman and released in 2021. 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. Major themes in the film include anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, and queerness. 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. Lin-Manuel Miranda is one of the film's executive producers. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm. It had its North American premiere in the Wavelengths program at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.