John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah

Born: May 4, 1957
in Accra, Ghana
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 for John Akomfrah...

Scala!!!
Title: Scala!!!
Character: Self
Released: January 5, 2024
Type: Movie
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
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John On The Void
Title: John On The Void
Released: December 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah recounts an experience sailing through French Polynesia.
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This Is My Africa
Title: This Is My Africa
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.
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Black and White in Colour
Title: Black and White in Colour
Character: Self
Released: June 27, 1992
Type: Movie
A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.
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A Touch of the Tar Brush
Title: A Touch of the Tar Brush
Character: Himself
Released: November 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of view of mixed-race English people, he visits Liverpool, one of England's oldest multicultural communities.