John Akomfrah Movies

  • 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
  • 2016
    The Airport

    The Airport

    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...

    The Airport
  • 2021
    Five Murmurations

    Five Murmurations

    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...

    Five Murmurations
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

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    Hauntologies
  • 2013
    The March

    The March

    The March

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    The March is the feature documentary narrated by Denzel Washington about the renowned and historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

    The March
  • 1996
    Memory Room 451

    Memory Room 451

    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...

    Memory Room 451