Enongo (DVD) Documentary

What does it mean to be a Black woman rapper, a Cornell PhD candidate, and a proud nerd all at once? Director Kevin Schreck follows Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (aka Sammus) as she tours North America, records a new album, and navigates a full-time career alongside academic life. Through her wholly unique afrofuturism-inspired music, Enongo/Sammus tackles mental health, identity, race and feminism.

• Official Selection - Harlem International FIlm Festival
• Official Selection - Twin Cities Film Fest
• Winner - IndiePix Vision Award - Winter Film Festival
• Winner - Best of the Fest - Hip Hop Film Festival
• Nominee - Best Documentary Feature - Queens World Film Festival
• Official Selection - Philadelphia Film Festival
• Official Selection - St. Louis International Film Festival
• Sammus (Enongo) has cultivated a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-identified nerds and geeks, giving this title natural reach across music, gaming, academic, and social justice communities
• The first feature-length film of any genre in cinematic history to have an all-Black women animation team
• Tells a universally-relevant, intimate, empowering story of identity, artistic creation, and survival speaking to anyone who has ever struggled to define themselves on their own terms
• A one-of-a-kind documentary feature that blends cinéma vérité with stunning hand-drawn animation sequences
• Sammus (Enongo) has written, p