A Jet Black Future
2026 · 10m · USA
Directed by Joel Watson
Genres: drama, experimental, sci-fi
Tones: mythic, provocative, theatrical
Restored 2050 footage of a Brooklyn revolutionary named Umar Olufunke delivering a rooftop sermon in sun goggles and a star-studded du-rag. Docu-fiction pitched somewhere between street prophecy and jazz solo.
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Star-studded du-rag, rooftop sermon, restored-from-2050 conceit — Watson's swinging at a much bigger picture than the runtime suggests. Let it cook.
Joel Watson frames the piece as restored 2050 archival footage of a Brooklyn Afro-futurist preacher in sun goggles — Sun Ra's Space Is the Place by way of Khalik Allah, pitched somewhere between street prophecy and jazz solo. Couldn't verify the summary but the conceit is rich.
Framed as restored archival footage from 2050 of a fictional Afro-futurist preacher on a Brooklyn rooftop — sun goggles, star-studded du-rag, docu-fiction reach. Page summary blocked but the conceptual specificity is real.
Reviews
A restored visual manifesto captures a revolutionary's jazz-smacked, Afro-apocalyptic address to a burning world.