The Burden

November. 04,2023

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Science Fiction

Keywords：

Afrofuturism

Trailer Synopsis Cast

When culture vultures apply for citizenship on a new planet colonized by Black people, three judges must decide how to deal with folks who want everything but the burden.

Tish Arana as Ava

Lavelle Roby as Laverne Thomas

DaJuan Johnson as Charles Walker

Rashawn Nadine Scott as Tribunal Judge No. 2

V. Vieux as Tribunal Judge No. 1

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