Drexciya

This film portrays an abandoned public swimming facility in Accra, Ghana, set on the Riviera. A short documentary, it was inspired by Afrofuturist myths propagated by the underground Detroit-based band Drexciya. The myths suggest that Drexciya is a mythical underwater subcontinent populated by the unborn children of African women thrown overboard during the transatlantic slave trade. These children have adapted and evolved to breathe underwater. (Ann Arbor Film Festival)