In “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions,” Kahlil Joseph has created an ambitious hybrid work that defies easy categorization. Set aboard a futuristic shipping vessel called Nautica during a fictional Transatlantic Biennale, the film follows “West African curator” (as she’s described, although likely Nigerian) Funmilayo Akechukwu’s journey when her magnum opus “The Resonance Field” leads her into […]
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Trailer Debut: Kahlil Joseph’s “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions”
Premiering in the Perspectives section of the 75th Berlinale in 2025, it’s set aboard a futuristic ship called the Nautica on its way to Ghana during a fictional Transatlantic Biennale. The film takes inspiration from W.E.B. Du Bois’s unfinished “Encyclopedia Africana,” a global reference work he began in 1909 to document the history and culture […]