John Akomfrah Movies

  • 1990
    Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

    Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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    Short documentary about Pakistani musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), leading exponent of Sufi devotional qawwali singing.

    Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
  • 1992
    Black and White in Colour

    Black and White in Colour

    Black and White in Colour

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    A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992....

    Black and White in Colour
  • 1983
    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

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    Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire is the first of a two-part 35mm slide-tape...

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
  • 1999
    Riot

    Riot

    Riot

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    John Akomfrah’s seminal Riot traces the riots in Liverpool during July 1981 in a climate of economic recession under Thatcher’s regime....

    Riot
  • 1999
    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

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    Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles...

    The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
  • 1991
    Who Needs a Heart

    Who Needs a Heart

    Who Needs a Heart

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    The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of...

    Who Needs a Heart
  • 1988
    Testament

    Testament

    Testament

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    Focuses on the Kwame Nkrumah era in Ghanaian history and paints a portrait of a female African government minister forced into exile after a coup...

    Testament
  • 1993
    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X

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    The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in...

    Seven Songs for Malcolm X