nuotama frances bodomo is a ghanaian filmmaker based in new york city & a member of the new negress film society. her award-winning short films have played at festivals including sundance, the berlinale, blackstar, telluride, rotterdam, sxsw, and new directors/new films. afronauts was exhibited at the whitney museum as part of the group show dreamlands: immersive cinema and art, 1905-2016 & at the 2018 venice biennale architecture (us pavilion) as part of dimensions of citizenship. she served as staff writer & director on the peabody award-winning first season of random acts of flyness (hbo) & is currently developing the feature film version of afronauts.