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John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah

Directing · Born 1957-05-04 · Accra, Ghana

John Akomfrah, CBE (born 4 May 1957) is a British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".

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As cast

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks 2025
Cast
Scala!!!
Scala!!! 2024
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John On The Void
John On The Void 2018
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This Is My Africa
This Is My Africa 2008
Cast
Black and White in Colour
Black and White in Colour 1992
Cast
A Touch of the Tar Brush
A Touch of the Tar Brush 1991
Cast

As director

Listening All Night to the Rain
Listening All Night to the Rain 2024
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Arcadia 2023
Director
Becoming Wind
Becoming Wind 2023
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Five Murmurations 2021
Director
Triptych
Triptych 2021
Director
Four Nocturnes
Four Nocturnes 2019
Director
Mimesis: African Soldier
Mimesis: African Soldier 2018
Director
Precarity
Precarity 2017
Director
Purple
Purple 2017
Director
The Airport
The Airport 2016
Director
Tropikos
Tropikos 2016
Director
Acts Of Faith
Acts Of Faith 2016
Director
Vertigo Sea
Vertigo Sea 2015
Director
Transfigured Night
Transfigured Night 2014
Director
Numen
Numen 2014
Director
The Unfinished Conversation
The Unfinished Conversation 2013
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded 2013
Director
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The March 2013
Director
The Stuart Hall Project
The Stuart Hall Project 2013
Director
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington 2013
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Peripeteia 2012
Director
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky
At the Graveside of Tarkovsky 2012
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Hauntologies 2012
Director
The Nine Muses
The Nine Muses 2010
Director
Mnemosyne
Mnemosyne 2010
Director
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Genome Chronicles 2009
Director
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Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz 2003
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Digitopia 2001
Director
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong 1999
Director
Riot
Riot 1999
Director
Speak Like a Child
Speak Like a Child 1998
Director
The Call of Mist
The Call of Mist 1998
Director
Goldie: When Saturn Returns
Goldie: When Saturn Returns 1998
Director
The Last Angel of History
The Last Angel of History 1996
Director
Memory Room 451
Memory Room 451 1996
Director
Seven Songs for Malcolm X
Seven Songs for Malcolm X 1993
Director
A Touch of the Tar Brush
A Touch of the Tar Brush 1991
Director
Who Needs a Heart
Who Needs a Heart 1991
Director
Testament
Testament 1988
Director
Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs 1986
Director
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality
Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality 1984
Director
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire
Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire 1983
Director