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John Akomfrah. The Last Angel of History follows the quest of a man known as the Data Thief, who seeks the keys to the future. He turns to his computer as a new source of access to knowledge in the 1990s.
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.
In what ways are identity and difference negotiated in John Akomfrah's The Unfinished Conversation (2012)? The intellectual landscape of the previous century was partly engaged in a radical tendency, exhibited by several key figures such as Foucault, Derrida and Hall, to deconstruct traditional beliefs about personal and cultural identity.
John Akomfrah: Five Murmurations. Smithsonian. National Museum of African Art. George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 global pandemic, in Minneapolis, Minn. Caught on video with brutal clarity, the murder exposed the institutional racism that daily places Black lives at risk.
John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-colonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
Jul 13, 2020 · The pioneering filmmaker John Akomfrah was born in Accra, Ghana on 4 May 1957 and came to live in England at the age of four. He is the co-founder of the Black Audio Film Collective (a 16-year project that examined ‘Black British’ identity through audio and visual mediums) and a director, archivist and writer.
Apr 16, 2024 · John Akomfrah is known for his dramatic, richly layered multiscreen video installations that use archive material and newly shot footage to challenge the conventions of film-making, and explore...
