John Akomfrah Movies

  • 2012
    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

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    Peripeteia (Greek: περιπέτεια; a reversal of circumstances, or turning point) is a moving...

    Peripeteia
  • 2009
    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

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    The Genome Chronicles is an epic investigation, unbounded by traditional notions of time, into the relationship between image and memory. Fusing...

    Genome Chronicles
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne

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    Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the...

    Mnemosyne
  • 1984
    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

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    Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality is the second of a two-part 35mm...

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
  • 1998
    The Call of Mist

    The Call of Mist

    The Call of Mist

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    A vivid meditation on cloning, death, memory and media set on an remote Scottish island. A short film on the millennium’s end commissioned by...

    The Call of Mist
  • 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