John Akomfrah Movies

  • 2016
    Tropikos

    Tropikos

    Tropikos

    02016HD

    Tropikos transforms the landscape of the Tamar Valley in the South West of England into a sixteenth-century port of exploration on the African...

    Tropikos
  • 2019
    Four Nocturnes

    Four Nocturnes

    Four Nocturnes

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    Commissioned for the inaugural Ghana pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Four Nocturnes (2019) forms the third part of a trilogy of films including the...

    Four Nocturnes
  • 2023
    Becoming Wind

    Becoming Wind

    Becoming Wind

    02023HD

    In his new work on five screens, "Becoming Wind", Akomfrah creates an allegorical representation of the Garden of Eden and its disappearance. In...

    Becoming Wind
  • 2016
    Acts Of Faith

    Acts Of Faith

    Acts Of Faith

    82016HD

    Auto Da Fé is a diptych that looks at migration through the lens of religious persecution. Presented as a poetic period drama, the film...

    Acts Of Faith
  • 2012
    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

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    Hauntologies
  • 2009
    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

    Genome Chronicles

    02009HD

    The Genome Chronicles is an epic investigation, unbounded by traditional notions of time, into the relationship between image and memory. Fusing...

    Genome Chronicles
  • 1984
    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

    01984HD

    Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality is the second of a two-part 35mm...

    Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
  • 1983
    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

    01983HD

    Produced while the Black Audio Film Collective were undergraduates, Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire is the first of a two-part 35mm slide-tape...

    Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire