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John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah

Directing

Born May 4, 1957 · Accra, Ghana

44 films as director · Active 1983–2024

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 cine…

Known for

Scala!!!

Scala!!!

2024

This Is My Africa

This Is My Africa

2008

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2025

A Touch of the Tar Brush

A Touch of the Tar Brush

1991

John On The Void

John On The Void

2018

Black and White in Colour

Black and White in Colour

1992

Directed(44)

Listening All Night to the Rain

2024Listening All Night to the Rain

Becoming Wind

2023Becoming Wind

Triptych

2021Five Murmurations

Four Nocturnes

2019Four Nocturnes

Mimesis: African Soldier

2018Mimesis: African Soldier

Purple

Precarity

The Airport

2016The Airport

Acts Of Faith

2016Acts Of Faith★ 8.0

Tropikos

Vertigo Sea

2015Vertigo Sea★ 8.0

Numen

Transfigured Night

2014Transfigured Night

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

2013Martin Luther King and the March on Washington★ 10.0

The Stuart Hall Project

2013The Stuart Hall Project★ 4.6

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013Venice 70: Future Reloaded★ 5.1

2013The March★ 4.8

The Unfinished Conversation

2013The Unfinished Conversation

2012Hauntologies

At the Graveside of Tarkovsky

2012At the Graveside of Tarkovsky

The Nine Muses

2010The Nine Muses★ 5.6

Mnemosyne

2009Genome Chronicles

2003Stan Tracey: The Godfather of British Jazz★ 8.0

2001Digitopia★ 5.0

Riot

1999Riot★ 10.0

The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

1999The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong

Speak Like a Child

1998Speak Like a Child★ 4.3

Goldie: When Saturn Returns

1998Goldie: When Saturn Returns★ 7.0

The Call of Mist

1998The Call of Mist

Martin Luther King: Days of Hope

1997Martin Luther King: Days of Hope

The Last Angel of History

1996The Last Angel of History★ 7.0

Memory Room 451

1996Memory Room 451★ 4.5

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

1993Seven Songs for Malcolm X★ 10.0

Who Needs a Heart

1991Who Needs a Heart★ 8.0

A Touch of the Tar Brush

1991A Touch of the Tar Brush

Testament

1988Testament★ 7.0

Handsworth Songs

1986Handsworth Songs★ 5.9

Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

1984Expeditions 2 – Images of Nationality

Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

1983Expeditions 1 – Signs of Empire

The Hour of the Dog

—The Hour of the Dog

Acting(6)

2025Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks

2024Scala!!!Self

2018John On The Void

2008This Is My AfricaSelf

1992Black and White in ColourSelf

1991A Touch of the Tar BrushHimself