Kara Keeling, Associate Professor of Critical Studies in the School of Cinematic Arts and of Black Studies in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, discusses Errantry and Imagination in Wanuri Kahiu’s Pumzi.

Pumzi is a Kenyan science-fiction short film written and directed by Wanuri Kahiu. Set in a post-apocalyptic world in which water scarcity has extinguished life above ground, the short follows one scientist’s quest to investigate the possibility of germinating seeds beyond the confines of her repressive subterranean Nairobi culture. Pumzi was screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of its New African Cinema program.

Keeling’s dialogue, presented by Africa Atlanta 2014, is part of the liquid blackness film series comprised of work made by the acclaimed Black Audio Film Collective (BAFC).

Screenings and lectures will take place at Georgia State University’s Florence Kopleff Recital Hall, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and Georgia Tech’s Student Center Theater.

 The events are free and open to the public. For more information on the film series please click here.

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