The Parrish Art Museum and the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center will present the critically acclaimed film “Neptune Frost” and short film “Kinks, Locs, and Love” followed by a panel on Black hair as part of the two-day Black Film Festival. The screenings will take place outdoors at the museum on Friday, August 19 and Friday, August 26.
“Neptune Frost” is a sci-fi punk musical with an afrofuturist vision and will be featured at the museum on August 19. Presented at Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, and the New York Film Festivals, “Neptune Frost” was directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, with executive producer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film is set in the hilltops of Burundi where the metallic, radioactive ore colton is mined under harsh conditions for miniscule wages. With a group of escaped coltan miners, Neptune—an intersex runaway—and Matalusa form an anti-colonialist computer hacker collective that attempts to take over the authoritarian regime exploiting the region’s natural resources and people. Guests are encouraged to wear Afropunk attire to celebrate the film, self-expression, music, and art. The night will kick off at 7 PM with a curator tour of the exhibition “Another Justice: US is Them” with Corinne Erni followed by a reception. The screening will begin at 8 PM.
“Kinks, Locs, and Love,” directed by Lawrence Green, documents hair journeys from perms to natural hair of women of African descent primarily in the Washington D.C. area. It also sheds light on the natural hair community through events, businesses, fashion figures, and bloggers. It will be featured at the museum on August 26. The night will kick off with a curator tour of “Another Justice: US is Them” with Corinne Erni at 5 PM. The screening will begin at 6 PM and will be followed by a panel discussion with dermatologist Dr. Achiamah Osei-Tutu and others to be announced on Black hair and its importance to health, sense of identity, community, and culture.
Tickets for each night are $15 for adults and $5 for members and friends of BHCCRC and can be purchased at parrishart.org.