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= Afronauts (film) = Afronauts is a 2014 fiction short film about Zambian outsiders who prepare to beat America in the space race to the moon. Written and directed by Ghanaian filmmaker Frances Bodomo, Afronauts is her pre-thesis film for NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program.

The Afrofuturist film imagines Africans in outer space with themes of colonialism and independence. It's inspired by the true story of school teacher and activist Edward Mukuka Nkoloso training 17-year-old Matha Mwamba and two cats by rolling them down hills in oil drums to become astronauts.

14 min. USA. Black and white.

Cast
Diandra Forrest as Matha

Yolonda Ross as Auntie Sunday

Hoji Fortuna as Nkoloso

Chester Algernal Gordon as Tribe Member

Production

 * Written and directed by Nuotama Bodomo
 * Produced by Isabella Wing-Davey
 * Co Produced by Sydney Buchan
 * Executive Produced by Ken Birdwell, Eric Cotten, Keyvan Dastmalchi, Felecia Hunter, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Felicia Pasculli, Matthew Shields
 * Associate Produced by Claudio Bottaccini, Terri Simone Francis, AnnaRose King, Lucas Zaiden
 * Cinematography by Joshua James Richards
 * Production Design by Celi Lamenca
 * Costume Design by Sarita Fellows
 * Film Editing by Sara Shaw
 * Sound Design by Scott hirsch
 * Music by Brian McOmber

A feature film of the same title and story is currently in the works. It will be written and directed by Nuotama Bodomo and produced by Vincho Nchogu and Ryan Zacarias. It's supported by Sundance Institute, Cinereach, Tribeca Film institute, IFP, Film independent, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Exhibition
The film first premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and its international premiere was at the the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival. Other exhibitions include "Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Dimensions of Citizenship, Future Imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction" at the Venice Biennale Architecture (US Pavilion), "Future imperfect: The Uncanny in Science Fiction" at the Museum of Modern Art, "Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction" at Barbican Centre, "African Futures" at Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, "Making Africa" at Vitra Design Museum.

Afronauts made its online debut in 2019 on numerous sites including vernac.media, NoBudge.com, and fourthree.boilerroom.tv.