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John Akomfrah's 'The Unfinished Conversation' (2012) constitutes a recent, fascinating negotiation of identity and difference. The film takes the life of culture theorist Stuart Hall as a point of departure, conducting a cinematic translation of Hall's own empirical and theoretical journey through identity and difference.
This was the stark, emotional climate in which the work of John Akomfrah and the Black Audio Film Collective came into being: a climate of political and economic decline in which policies were increasingly dictated by a force -
John Akomfrah (born in Ghana in 1957) was a found-ing member of the Black Audio Film Collective (active 1982–98), which produced a wide range of films, videos, installations, photographs, essays, statements, film programs, seminars, and talks. His latest feature film, The Nine Muses (2010), which screened at MoMA, New York, October
John Akomfrah discusses his creative film practice including his reinscription of a Black presence in the British landscape and the relationship of memory and mnemosyne.
John Akomfrah (b. 1957) creates thoughtful video works of haunting audiovisual intensity. He tells of the radical changes and crises of the present and past on characteristic large-format screens.
John Akomfrah works primarily in film and video, exploring place, memory, and history through the lens of postcolonialism and the black diaspora. His work takes many formats, ranging from feature-length documentaries to immersive, multichannel video installations, while employing both original and archival footage.
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