Nuotama Frances Bodomo

Nuotama Frances Bodomo is a Ghanaian filmmaker who made the shorts Everybody Dies!, Afronauts, an Afrofuturistic look at space travel, and Boneshaker, the latter of which starred Quvenzhané Wallis, the youngest actress ever nominated for an Academy Award. Bodomo also collaborated with Terence Nance on the critically acclaimed variety show Random Acts of Flyness, which airs on HBO.

Films


Everybody Dies!

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(2016)

A public access tv show in which Ripa the Grim Reaper teaches Black kids about the day they'll die.

Afronauts

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(2014)

It's July 16, 1969: America is preparing to launch Apollo 11. Thousands of miles away, the Zambia Space Academy hopes to beat America to the moon in this fictionalized film inspired by real events.

Boneshaker

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(2013)

An African family, lost in America, travels to a Louisiana church to find a cure for their problem child.