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Akomfrah, John (1957-)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
HANDSWORTH SONGS1986director, additional photography, studio crew lighting (British Icons)
TESTAMENT1988director, casting, script, commentary writer
SPEAK LIKE A CHILD1998director
DIGITOPIA2001director, screenplay
THE NINE MUSES2010director, script; archival research / yellow coat
 
Television credits
 
ON DUTYChannel 4 tx 16/4/1984set designer, production crew
BRITAIN: THE LIE OF THE LAND: Sanctuary ChallengeChannel 4 tx 6/7/1987director
TWILIGHT CITY1989commentary writer
THINK OF ENGLAND: Touch of the Tar BrushBBC tx 12/11/1991presenter
TELEVISION, MEMORY, RACE, 1968-92BBC2 tx 30/6/1992on-screen participant
WHO NEEDS A HEARTZDF (W. Germany) tx 27/8/1991; Channel 4 tx 14/9/1992director, script
SEVEN SONGS FOR MALCOLM XChannel 4 tx 1/3/1993director, screenplay/research
CELEBRATION: Lush LifeITV tx 11/8/1994director
AFRICAN POLITICAL BROADCASTBBC tx 29/7/1995director
THE MOTHERSHIP CONNECTIONChannel 4 tx 28/8/1995director
VOICES IN THE DARKChannel 4 tx 28/9/1996director
REPUTATIONS: Dr Martin Luther King: Days of HopeBBC tx 30/7/1997director
TX: Millennial FeverBBC tx 1998director (The Call of Mist section)
WHEN SATURN RETURNZChannel 4 tx 14/12/1998director
OMNIBUS: The Wonderful World of Louis ArmstrongBBC tx 10/5/1999director
RIOTChannel 4 tx 5/10/1999director
A VERY BRITISH MURDER: A Death in the FamilyChannel 4 tx 31/10/2000director
STALKERSChannel 4 tx 20/3/2001director
LAWLESS: ProstitutesChannel 4 tx 9/7/2001director
STAN TRACEY - THE GODFATHER OF BRITISH JAZZBBC tx 18/4/2003director
MARIAH CAREY - THE BILLION DOLLAR BABEChannel 4 tx 28/10/2003director
OIL SPILL - THE EXXON VALDEZ DISASTERBBC2 tx 26/3/2009director