In Short: Black Body Radiation 38min 58secs
Produced by Greg Tate
Hollablk’s short film, ‘Black Body Radiation’ imagines a future New York dominated by three rival, warring, black religious sects after two space ships mysteriously crash into Manhattan.
Kulu, leader of a circle of priestess healers lives beneath the African Burial Ground. Through trance she is in communication with an alien artificial intelligence, an is able to intervene in the war between the sects in enigmatic, provocative and illuminating ways.
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Save for some beautiful women (read casting), its such a elementary shoddy job
Posted by Rodge | Nov 13 2009 at 06:50 am | report this comment
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