John Akomfrah Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Acts Of Faith

    Acts Of Faith

    Acts Of Faith

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    Auto Da Fé is a diptych that looks at migration through the lens of religious persecution. Presented as a poetic period drama, the film...

    Acts Of Faith
  • 2014
    Numen

    Numen

    Numen

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    A fictional journey of post-apocalyptic survival.

    Numen
  • 2014
    Transfigured Night

    Transfigured Night

    Transfigured Night

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

    Transfigured Night
  • 2017
    Precarity

    Precarity

    Precarity

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    A three-channel video installation, working with the themes of risk, hybridity and the unfathomable to explore the city of New Orleans through the...

    Precarity
  • 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