AfroFuturism Fest 2024

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About this event
Event lasts 6 hours

AfroFuturism Fest 2024 is a festival within the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival. Spotlighting Black sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, the AfroFuturism Fest will showcase projects in competition, interaction with the creators of the projects, the inaugural Gwinnett County Comic-Con, cosplay actors throughout the event, music, entertainment, giveaways, workshops, and more.

Film projects in the AfroFuturism category screening are:

· Born Again, writer Ronald Cromartie - Comic Book - United States

· Enipheres, directors Lynne Newton, Mike Breyer, Rachel F. Betts - Short Film - United States - 21:43 mins.

· Gods of the Universe: Rise of the Star Child, director Cathy SitaRam, AfroFuturism - Short Film - Trinidad and Tobago - 20:00 mins.

· Hadaya:2033, director Alika Mteuzi - Short Film - United States - 5:58 mins.

· Harlem Fragments, director Cameron Tyler Carr - Short Film - United States - 17:00 mins.

· Illumination Paradox-A Graphic Novel, submitter Lynne Newton - Comic Book - United States

· In The Matchbox, director Mike Rae Anderson - Short Film - United States - 10:43 mins.

· ...So Thee Lilac Never Wilt Alone ... submitter Elijah Jamal Asani - Short Film - United States - 14:36 mins.

· Struck: Born From the Storm, writer T.J. Miller - Short Film - United States

· Supernatural Story of Fredrick Fuller, director Kevin McAfee - United States - 52:05 mins. – screen for Afrofuturism

· Take Me Home, director Dotun “Ambassador Alfred” Taylor - Feature Film - Nigeria - 01:20:00 mins.

· The Prophecy, director Rehanna Ngom - AfroFuturism - Short Film - Senegal - 20:31 mins.

· They Came For Us, directors Cornelius Newman, Decarlo Tatum, Jr. - Feature Film - United States - 01:29:00 mins.