The B.A.T.U. Project: ADAM THE FIRST
Film Screening + Discussion
Thursday, October 16, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Doors Open at 6:30pm
Screening at 7:00pm
Marston Theatre, Arizona State University
Part of ASU’s celebration of Black Speculative Fiction Month, presented by
the Center for Science and the Imagination, Humanities Institute, and FuturesWorks
To commemorate Black Speculative Fiction Month, join us at ASU’s Marston Theater
for a special screening of The B.A.T.U. Project: ADAM THE FIRST, Ghana’s first feature-length science fiction film.
Recently honored with three awards at the Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival,
including Best Afrofuturism Film and the festival’s top honor, the BEACON Award. This groundbreaking film
explores humanity’s survival through the story of Adam, an envoy from the United African Federation
sent to repopulate a new planet after Earth’s devastation.
Watch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17v9v_n0Xvk
After the film, stay for a special conversation with Afrofuturist scholar and strategist Ingrid LaFleur
and Professor Timiebi Aganaba, assistant professor of Space and Society at Arizona State University.
