John Akomfrah Movies
- 2012
Peripeteia
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Peripeteia (Greek: περιπέτεια; a reversal of circumstances, or turning point) is a moving...
- 2023
Arcadia
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Tackling the ecological implications of settler colonialism, extractive capitalism and the extinction of microorganisms, this multi-screen...
- 2009
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...
- 2021
Five Murmurations
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Three-screen black and white video installation exploring how individuals and communities have been coping with the pandemic, the radical...
- 1996
Memory Room 451
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The subject matter of Memory Room 451 is the cultural and historical significance of 20th-century hairstyles – the Afro, the conk, dreadlocks...
- 2003
Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz
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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...
- 2010
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...
- 2016
The Airport
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The Airport, a three-screen film installation conceived as a meditation on Greek history and its recent financial crisis, set around the landscapes...