John Akomfrah

John Akomfrah, OBE (born 4 May 1957) is an English artist, writer, film director, screenwriter and theorist whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films". A founder of the Black Audio Film Collective in 1982, he made his debut as a director with Handsworth Songs, which examined the fallout from the 1985 Handsworth riots. Handsworth Songs went on to win the Grierson Award for Best Documentary in 1987.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1957
Birth place
England , Ghana , London , Accra

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  1. http://africasacountry.com/new-short-film-john-akomfrah-stuart-hall-and-the-film-essay
  2. http://guardian.co.tt/arts/2013-09-22/film-festival-honours-influential-director
  3. http://realreeljournal.com/2012/05/17/johnakomfrah
  4. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/filmmaker-john-akomfrah-meditates-on-disappearance-memory-death-and-the-african-diaspora-in-europe
  5. http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/archive-projects/artist-archive/three-case-studies/john-akomfrah-nine-muses
  6. http://www.carrollfletcher.com/artists/40-John-Akomfrah/overview