I went to the Festival of the New Black Imagination last year and they showed this science fiction film followed by a discussion with the director, A. Sayeeda Clarke. Here is the synopsis—
It’s another 120-degree day with five more days to Christmas and hot is the only season left in New York City. Global warming has accelerated and the sun has become a tangible threat to survival. Bato and his wife Gina are expecting a baby, but they weren’t expecting it so early. Although they planned to have the baby at home, Gina now requires the services of a clinic for the premature delivery. With no money for the clinic, Bato enters into a race against the sun, the birth, his community, and even his own identity to save his family as he is forced to sell the new currency of this world.
[via FUTURESTATES, a series of science fiction films which features a majority made by People of Color.]
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