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AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, is back this year with a fresh mix of features, documentaries, narratives, and short films presenting contemporary stories from across the globe. Co-produced by Black Public Media and WORLD Channel, the series reflects the spirit, ingenuity and resilience found among people of the African diaspora.

Neptune Frost and Tsutsue

1h 55m

In Neptune Frost, Neptune and Matalusa challenge the authoritarian regime in this Afrofuturist romantic musical. And Tsutsue follows two boys coping with the death of their brother in a Ghanaian town situated by an oceanside landfill.

Episodes

  • Neptune Frost and Tsutsue: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Neptune Frost and Tsutsue

    S17 E3 - 1h 55m

    In Neptune Frost, Neptune and Matalusa challenge the authoritarian regime in this Afrofuturist romantic musical. And Tsutsue follows two boys coping with the death of their brother in a Ghanaian town situated by an oceanside landfill.

  • Tongo Saa: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tongo Saa

    S17 E2 - 1h 25m

    Tongo Saa is set in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the government's plans to build a large hydroelectric power plant leaves many residents in darkness and insecurity. The uneven distribution of electricity causes many locals to navigate life after sunset using torches and other means to provide their own infrastructure and security amid constant violence.

  • Mother Suriname and The Changing Same: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mother Suriname and The Changing Same

    S17 E1 - 1h 25m

    Mother Suriname is an evocative portrayal of Suriname's history woven through one woman’s reflections on her life. And in The Changing Same, poet L. Lamar Wilson runs a marathon to lift a town’s veil of racial terror in Marianna, Florida.

Extras + Features

  • Neptune Frost and Tsutsue | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Neptune Frost and Tsutsue | Trailer

    S17 E3 - 30s

    In Neptune Frost, Neptune and Matalusa challenge the authoritarian regime in this Afrofuturist romantic musical. And Tsutsue follows two boys coping with the death of their brother in a Ghanaian town situated by an oceanside landfill.

  • Tongo Saa | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Tongo Saa | Trailer

    S17 E2 - 30s

    Tongo Saa is set in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the government's plans to build a large hydroelectric power plant leaves many residents in darkness and insecurity. The uneven distribution of electricity causes many locals to navigate life after sunset using torches and other means to provide their own infrastructure and security amid constant violence.

  • Mother Suriname and The Changing Same | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mother Suriname and The Changing Same | Trailer

    S17 E1 - 30s

    Mother Suriname is an evocative portrayal of Suriname's history woven through one woman’s reflections on her life. And in The Changing Same, poet L. Lamar Wilson runs a marathon to lift a town’s veil of racial terror in Marianna, Florida.

Schedule

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    AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange

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    Saturday
    Dec 6

    1 Hour

    Improvisational pianist and composer Thelonious Monk is interviewed for French state television in 1969.

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