C.J. Obasi on adapting Nnedi Okorafor's Afrofuturistic

From Shadow & Act:
Award-winning Nigerian filmmaker C.J. Obasi's follow-up to his critically-acclaimed guerrilla debut feature, Ojuju, and sophomore effort O-Town (both covered on Shadow and Act), is an Afrofuturistic short film based on award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor‘s 2011 short story Hello, Moto.

Titled Hello, Rain, the Fiery Film presentation, in association with Igodo Films and Matanya Films, follows a woman who discovers witchcraft in science, and science in witchcraft, when she creates wigs for her friends that give them supernatural powers. The story tackles individual and societal identity, and the role wigs play in them, in a tale that unfolds via a blend of witchery and technology...[more]