John Akomfrah Movies

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...

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which...

Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.

The Black Audio Film Collective’s seventh film envisioned the death and life of the African American revolutionary as a seven part study in...

A short film made for Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded (2013).

Documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington, a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement in the...

A person’s culture is something that is often described as fixed or defined and rooted in a particular region, nation, or state. Stuart Hall,...

Triptych (2020) is a homage to the the radical, political album, ‘We Insist!’ (1960) by the jazz musician Max Roach – the ideas of...

Listening All Night To The Rain continues John Akomfrah’s abiding interest in post-colonialism, ecology and the politics of aesthetics with a...

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...

Through juxtaposing and layering archival footage with text, music and photographs, The Unfinished Conversation crosses the memory landscape of...

Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled...

Short documentary about Pakistani musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), leading exponent of Sufi devotional qawwali singing.

The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving...

A fictional journey of post-apocalyptic survival.

The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of...

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....

Louis Armstrong is one of the most recognizable figures in jazz, with his incomparable trumpet playing and beaming smile. This video profiles...

Purple is a six-channel video installation addressing climate change, human communities and the wilderness. At a time when greenhouse gas emissions...

The March is the feature documentary narrated by Denzel Washington about the renowned and historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.