Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre continues Afrofuturist Cinema series with “Crumbs” Surreal love story set in post-apocalyptic Ethiopia
Updated Mar 1, 2017
March 1, 2017 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) continues its Afrofuturist Cinema series with “Crumbs,” showing March 11 at 9:30 p.m.
“Crumbs” is set against the background of spectacular post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscapes, and its main character is a strange-looking scrap collector called Gagano. Alternately gripped by daydreams and constant fears, the diminutive Gagano has had enough of collecting the priceless crumbs of decayed civilization, including the most valuable: merchandise from Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan.
When a spaceship that has been hovering in the sky for years starts showing signs of activity, Gagano— who believes he is an extraterrestrial—thinks the spaceship has come to take him back “home.” He begins a journey to find answers, overcoming along the way fears that include a witch, Santa Claus and second-generation Nazis, and discovers that things aren't quite the way he thought.
The Afrofuturist Cinema series is guest-curated by Afrotopia founder Ingrid LaFleur. This is the second time the DFT has presented a series of movies in the Afrofuturism genre, a cultural aesthetic combining elements of science fiction, magical realism and African history. “The United States of Hoodoo,” the final film in this season’s series screens Saturday, April 15 at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $9.50 for general admission, and $7.50 for DIA members, seniors and students.
March 1, 2017 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) continues its Afrofuturist Cinema series with “Crumbs,” showing March 11 at 9:30 p.m.
“Crumbs” is set against the background of spectacular post-apocalyptic Ethiopian landscapes, and its main character is a strange-looking scrap collector called Gagano. Alternately gripped by daydreams and constant fears, the diminutive Gagano has had enough of collecting the priceless crumbs of decayed civilization, including the most valuable: merchandise from Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan.
When a spaceship that has been hovering in the sky for years starts showing signs of activity, Gagano— who believes he is an extraterrestrial—thinks the spaceship has come to take him back “home.” He begins a journey to find answers, overcoming along the way fears that include a witch, Santa Claus and second-generation Nazis, and discovers that things aren't quite the way he thought.
The Afrofuturist Cinema series is guest-curated by Afrotopia founder Ingrid LaFleur. This is the second time the DFT has presented a series of movies in the Afrofuturism genre, a cultural aesthetic combining elements of science fiction, magical realism and African history. “The United States of Hoodoo,” the final film in this season’s series screens Saturday, April 15 at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are $9.50 for general admission, and $7.50 for DIA members, seniors and students.