Screenplay: John Akomfrah
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Akomfrah. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Handsworth Songs
1987 · Documentary · 61 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Akomfrah
Cast Pervaiz Khan · Meera Syal · Yvonne Weekes
Plot The Black Audio Film Collective's documentary-essay on the civil disobedience that erupted in reaction to the repressive policing of black communities in London and Birmingham in 1985. On the one...
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Testament
1988 · Movie · 80 min. · Ghana
Direction John Akomfrah
Cast Tania Rogers · Evans Oma · Frank Parkes · Alex Tetteh-Lartey
Plot In Testament, the condition of the postcolony is embodied in the figure of activist turned television reporter Abena who returns to contemporary Ghana, for the first time since the 1966...
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The Nine Muses
2010 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Akomfrah
Plot Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from...
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Digitopia
2001 · Movie · 33 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Akomfrah
Plot Drama about a man who lives in an analogue world but seeks to fulfil his desires in a digital world.
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The Stuart Hall Project
2013 · Documentary · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Akomfrah
Plot Antinuclear campaigner, New Left activist and founding father of Cultural Studies, this documentary interweaves 70 years of Stuart Hall’s film, radio and television appearances, and material from his private archive...
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Jeonju Digital Project 2001
2001 · Documentary · 93 min. · South Korea
Direction John Akomfrah · Jia Zhangke · Tsai Ming-liang
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