John Akomfrah Movies

  • 2012
    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

    02012HD

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

    Peripeteia
  • 2023
    Arcadia

    Arcadia

    Arcadia

    02023HD

    Tackling the ecological implications of settler colonialism, extractive capitalism and the extinction of microorganisms, this multi-screen...

    Arcadia
  • 2009
    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

    02009HD

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

    Genome Chronicles
  • 2021
    Five Murmurations

    Five Murmurations

    Five Murmurations

    02021HD

    Three-screen black and white video installation exploring how individuals and communities have been coping with the pandemic, the radical...

    Five Murmurations
  • 1996
    Memory Room 451

    Memory Room 451

    Memory Room 451

    4.51996HD

    The subject matter of Memory Room 451 is the cultural and historical significance of 20th-century hairstyles – the Afro, the conk, dreadlocks...

    Memory Room 451
  • 2003
    Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

    Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

    Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz

    92003HD

    Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz is a portrait of one musician’s lifetime achievement. In a career spanning 60 years as pianist and...

    Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
  • 2010
    Mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne

    02010HD

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

    Mnemosyne
  • 2016
    The Airport

    The Airport

    The Airport

    02016HD

    The Airport, a three-screen film installation conceived as a meditation on Greek history and its recent financial crisis, set around the landscapes...

    The Airport