The Last Angel of History

Two hundred years in the future, the past is the only code that can save humanity. The Data Thief, a cybernetic time-traveler sent from a dystopian tomorrow, is tasked with excavating the hidden history of Black consciousness. His mission: to locate the “mothership” connection between space, music, and liberation. Weaving together a dazzling tapestry of interviews with sonic visionaries like George Clinton, Sun Ra, Nichelle Nichols, and Derrick May, John Akomfrah’s The Last Angel of History is the definitive cinematic manifesto of Afrofuturism. Part sf essay, part musical odyssey, the film traces a direct line from the cotton fields to the cosmos, revealing how the African diaspora has always been a story of alien abduction and how technology became the ultimate tool for survival.

 

Introduction: Prof. Paweł Frelik, Ośrodek Studiów Amerykańskich UW