USA / 2022 / 14mins / Animation / Afrofuturism / English

This 3D-animated short film in the Afrofuturist genre explores topics of AI and bias. In a distant future, an artificial-intelligence entity named Aero is inaugurated as the world’s first AI leader. However, she soon finds that important worldviews are missing from her database, including the stories of the historically marginalized and oppressed. A slate of well-known Black performers lend their voices to the film, including Robin Quivers, Ava Raiin, and Hoji Fortuna.

Anatola Araba

Anatola is a filmmaker, journalist, and futurist from New York City. Her film and multimedia creations have been featured at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, the Pan African Film Festival, American Black Film Festival, and more. Her writing has been published in ELLE Magazine and Harper's BAZAAR. Anatola graduated with honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. With the mantra that “creativity is the greatest tool of humanity,” Anatola’s passion is to innovate, inspire, and reimagine the world as it could be. Learn More