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John Akomfrah,
Great Britain, 1996,
45 min

A sci fi documentary about black sience fiction. Legend has it that in the 1930's itinerant man Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in order to play the blues. What Johnson got in return for his soul was a black secret technology which would produce the history of black music. 200 years into the future another itinerant figure, the Data Thief, sells his soul for the knowledge of his future. He has been told - Go to the past (our present) and unearth black culture's speculations about the future. Piece together these speculations and you will find the secret of the Mothership Connection - the black secret technology which will unlock your future. The clue to the Mothership Connection comes in a phrase - "the boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion". Armed with two recording devices - a black box and a pair of metal sunglasses, the Data Thief goes in search of writers (sci fi author Samuel Delaney and music critic Greg Tate), musicians (a.o. Sun Ra, A Guy Called Gerald and DJ Spooky), an astronaut and an actress who will help him explain this phrase, assemble and crack the code. A sci fi documentary about Africa, History and Memory.

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