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Sheffield DocFest · 2015

Sheffield DocFest 2015

John Akomfrah Retrospective

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4 films · 1 review

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Handsworth Songs

Commissioned by Channel 4 for their series Britain: The Lie of the Land, the film tells of the aftermath of the 1985 riots in Handsworth and London.

(Country: UK; Year: 1987; Director: John Akomfrah; Stars: Pervaiz Khan, Meera Syal, Yvonne Weekes)

Martin Luther King And The March On Washington

Story of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2013; Director: John Akomfrah )

The Nine Muses

Review preview for The Nine Muses

It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, having more the feel of a gallery installation than a feature film.

Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
A poetic exploration of mass immigration in postwar Britain.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: John Akomfrah; Writer: John Akomfrah; Stars: Trevor Mathison, David Lawson)

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The Stuart Hall Project

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 to document a memorable life and construct a portrait of Britain’s foremost radical intellectual.

(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: John Akomfrah)