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Janelle Monáe releases Dirty Computer film
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 30 April 2018
With her new album ‘Dirty Computer’ now out, Janelle Monáe has also unveiled the promised “emotion picture” to go with it. The 45 minute film has been likened to an episode of ‘Black Mirror’.
Although the album deviates from the sci-fi themes of her earlier work, the film sticks with them wholeheartedly. Monáe plays Jane 57821, a young woman living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as “computers”. Actor Tessa Thompson co-stars, and the film was directed by Andrew Donoho and Chuck Lightning.
As well as the film itself, you can also watch an accompanying Q&A on YouTube now:
