From a contemplation of the Guantánamo Bay military prison to an alternative history of Puerto Rico to the story of a vampire disciple of Christopher Columbus who finds Jah, this programme features six films that daringly (re)consider neo-imperialist realities.
Christopher Columbus uses his undead powers to create his “New World”, where he sucks the blood out of his colonial project for centuries. Complicit in this is Oba, a shipwrecked African who, once bitten, becomes Columbus’s subject and collaborator. When Oba discovers Rastafarianiam—and ganja—his allegiance changes. In his post-vampiric, present-day existence, Oba struggles with the colonial bureaucracy he helped devise, including his pursuit of US citizenship and literacy.
- Year2021
- Runtime34 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAdam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer
From a contemplation of the Guantánamo Bay military prison to an alternative history of Puerto Rico to the story of a vampire disciple of Christopher Columbus who finds Jah, this programme features six films that daringly (re)consider neo-imperialist realities.
Christopher Columbus uses his undead powers to create his “New World”, where he sucks the blood out of his colonial project for centuries. Complicit in this is Oba, a shipwrecked African who, once bitten, becomes Columbus’s subject and collaborator. When Oba discovers Rastafarianiam—and ganja—his allegiance changes. In his post-vampiric, present-day existence, Oba struggles with the colonial bureaucracy he helped devise, including his pursuit of US citizenship and literacy.
- Year2021
- Runtime34 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAdam Khalil, Bayley Sweitzer