John Akomfrah
Birthday: 1957-05-04
Place of Birth: Accra, Ghana
Biography: John Akomfrah, CBE (born 4 May 1957) is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
Movies
Black and White in Colour
A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history...
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John On The Void
Artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah recounts an experience sailing through French Polynesia....
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Scala!!!
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs...
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This Is My Africa
Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a pers...
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A Touch of the Tar Brush
Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In a...
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Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
This groundbreaking documentary unlocks the hidden psychology of J.M.W. Turner through his 37,000 pr...
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