Award-Winning Short Film ‘Afro Algorithms’ Premiers on DUST and KweliTV

Written, directed, and produced by filmmaker, futurist and HiA Network Member Anatola Araba; the film has screened at film festivals across the globe including at Lincoln Center in New York City, Los Angeles’ Pan African Film Festival, the Sci-Fi London Film Festival, and NFFTY, where it won an audience award for ‘Best Animation’. 

Made in the Afro-Futurist genre, Anatola describes the project as a cross between “Black Panther” and “I, Robot.” Within the film’s fast-paced 14-minutes, viewers meet Aero, the world’s first AI leader. With her limited programming, the eager and earnest Aero soon realizes she has a whole host of missing worldviews from her database — most noticeably the stories of the historically marginalized and oppressed. What follows is a colorful and timely exploration of the bias in our technology (Watch the full YouTube movie below!).

“Afro Algorithms is more than entertainment. It’s also a provocation to think about the intersection of race and technology, and where humanity is driving the future of our planet ─
The moral of ‘Afro Algorithms’ is to no longer rely on the data of the past to build the future, but to reimagine the world as it has the potential to be.” 
– Anatola Araba

After a successful six-month festival run, the award-winning short film “Afro Algorithms” is now online for viewers around the globe to experience.

Watch the film today on DUST (a sci-fi channel), KweliTV (a Black-owned streaming service), and soon to be Amazon Prime. 

DUST – https://watchdust.com/bios/anatola-araba/
KweliTV – https://www.kweli.tv/watch/kweli/afro-algorithm 

Connect with the Filmmaker:

https://www.afroalgorithms.com

https://www.anatolaaraba.com/

https://www.hostedinafrica.com/network-members/anatola_araba/

https://www.instagram.com/afroalgorithms

https://www.instagram.com/anatolaaraba/