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Christopher Columbus uses his undead powers to create his “New World”, where he sucks the blood out of his colonial project for centuries. Complicit in this is Oba, a shipwrecked African who, once bitten, becomes Columbus’s subject and collaborator. When Oba discovers Rastafarianiam—and ganja—his allegiance changes. In his post-vampiric, present-day existence, Oba struggles with the colonial bureaucracy he helped devise, including his pursuit of US citizenship and literacy.
NOSFERASTA: THE FIRST BITE, will screen as part of the magical ones program.
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**The film will also be available for viewing online from Oct 30 to Nov 3. Check our “How to Watch” page for step by step instructions.**
Adam Khalil, is an artist and filmmaker from the Ojibway tribe, and Bayley Sweitzer, is a filmmaker from Southern Vermont. Khalil and Sweitzer’s acclaimed debut feature film, Empty Metal (2018), is a science-fiction political thriller set against a backdrop of racialized police brutality and mass surveillance.
Oba is a multi-disciplinary artist, chef and actor born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He was lead singer of the avant-noise supergroup Dead Companionship from 2016-2018. He starred as King Alpha in Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s 2018 film Empty Metal. Oba’s world-class corn soup has been slurped at the legendary Club Temptation in Flatbush, as well as fine establishments across the world.
Adam Khalil, is an artist and filmmaker from the Ojibway tribe, and Bayley Sweitzer, is a filmmaker from Southern Vermont. Khalil and Sweitzer’s acclaimed debut feature film, Empty Metal (2018), is a science-fiction political thriller set against a backdrop of racialized police brutality and mass surveillance.
Oba is a multi-disciplinary artist, chef and actor born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He was lead singer of the avant-noise supergroup Dead Companionship from 2016-2018. He starred as King Alpha in Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer’s 2018 film Empty Metal. Oba’s world-class corn soup has been slurped at the legendary Club Temptation in Flatbush, as well as fine establishments across the world.