John Akomfrah Movies

  • 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
  • 2021
    Five Murmurations

    Five Murmurations

    Five Murmurations

    02021HD

    Three-screen black and white video installation exploring how individuals and communities have been coping with the pandemic, the radical...

    Five Murmurations
  • 2015
    Vertigo Sea

    Vertigo Sea

    Vertigo Sea

    82015HD

    Vertigo Sea is a three-screen film installation that explores what Ralph Waldo Emerson calls 'the sublime seas'. Fusing archival material, readings...

    Vertigo Sea
  • 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
  • 2012
    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

    Hauntologies

    02012HD

    Hauntologies
  • 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
  • 2012
    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

    Peripeteia

    02012HD

    Peripeteia (Greek: περιπέτεια; a reversal of circumstances, or turning point) is a moving...

    Peripeteia