John Akomfrah Movies
- 1998
Speak Like a Child
Speak Like a Child41998HD
Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled...
- 1986
Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs5.51986HD
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...
- 2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded5.22013HD
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...
- 2010
The Nine Muses
The Nine Muses5.62010HD
Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the...
- 1990
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan01990HD
Short documentary about Pakistani musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), leading exponent of Sufi devotional qawwali singing.
- 2024
Scala!!!
Scala!!!8.62024HD
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which...
- 1998
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Goldie: When Saturn Returns71998HD
Goldie, the godfather of drum and bass takes us on a roller coaster ride through his frenetic life. A journey that takes us from Wolver Hampton to...
- 1991
Who Needs a Heart
Who Needs a Heart01991HD
The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of...
- 2008
This Is My Africa
This Is My Africa02008HD
Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.
- 2021
Five Murmurations
Five Murmurations02021HD
Three-screen black and white video installation exploring how individuals and communities have been coping with the pandemic, the radical...
- 2013
The Unfinished Conversation
The Unfinished Conversation02013HD
Through juxtaposing and layering archival footage with text, music and photographs, The Unfinished Conversation crosses the memory landscape of...
- 1993
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X01993HD
The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in...
- 1996
The Last Angel of History
The Last Angel of History6.71996HD
An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing...
- 2013
Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster
Three Degrees of Proximity to the Disaster02013HD
A short film made for Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded (2013).
- 2013
The March
The March4.12013HD
The March is the feature documentary narrated by Denzel Washington about the renowned and historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- 2024
Listening All Night To The Rain
Listening All Night To The Rain02024HD
Listening All Night To The Rain continues John Akomfrah’s abiding interest in post-colonialism, ecology and the politics of aesthetics with a...
- 2010
Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne02010HD
Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the...
- 2016
Tropikos
Tropikos02016HD
Tropikos transforms the landscape of the Tamar Valley in the South West of England into a sixteenth-century port of exploration on the African...
- 2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington102013HD
Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the...
- 2023
Arcadia
Arcadia02023HD
Tackling the ecological implications of settler colonialism, extractive capitalism and the extinction of microorganisms, this multi-screen...