John Akomfrah Movies

  • 2014
    Transfigured Night

    Transfigured Night

    Transfigured Night

    02014HD

    Transfigured Night draws its inspiration from two sources of the same name – Verklärte Nacht – the German poem by Richard Dehmel...

    Transfigured Night
  • 2017
    Purple

    Purple

    Purple

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    Purple is a six-channel video installation addressing climate change, human communities and the wilderness. At a time when greenhouse gas emissions...

    Purple
  • 2013
    The Unfinished Conversation

    The Unfinished Conversation

    The Unfinished Conversation

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    Through juxtaposing and layering archival footage with text, music and photographs, The Unfinished Conversation crosses the memory landscape of...

    The Unfinished Conversation
  • 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
  • 2016
    Tropikos

    Tropikos

    Tropikos

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    Tropikos transforms the landscape of the Tamar Valley in the South West of England into a sixteenth-century port of exploration on the African...

    Tropikos
  • 2023
    Arcadia

    Arcadia

    Arcadia

    02023HD

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

    Arcadia
  • 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
  • 2015
    Vertigo Sea

    Vertigo Sea

    Vertigo Sea

    82015HD

    Vertigo Sea is a three-screen film installation that explores what Ralph Waldo Emerson calls 'the sublime seas'. Fusing archival material, readings...

    Vertigo Sea
  • 2012
    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

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    Hauntologies