New short #FILM: #John_Akomfrah, #Stuart_Hall and the film essay
▻http://africasacountry.com/new-short-film-john-akomfrah-stuart-hall-and-the-film-essay
In 2013 I had the opportunity to work with frieze, a UK-based contemporary #ART and culture magazine. Towards the end of my time at the magazine, I co-produced a film on John Akomfrah, which just went live today (film below). For those of you unfamiliar with Akomfrah’s work, he began his practice as an artist […]
Who will make the great #Thomas_Sankara biopic ?
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Twenty-six years ago this month, Thomas Sankara was brutally murdered. His biopic is still waiting to be made. A revolutionary leader possessed of a towering intellect and extraordinary magnetism, Sankara had rejected the orthodoxies that still today ensure that African nations are structurally dependent on old colonial powers and their global financial institutions. Like Che (...)
#FILM #HISTORY #Alain_Gomis #Blaise_Compaore #Che_Guevara #Frances_Bodomo #Gaston_Kabore #Haile_Gerima #John_Akomfrah #Malcolm_X #Patrice_Lumumba #Raoul_Peck #Richard_Attenborough #Robin_Duffield #Spike_Lee #Steve_Biko #The_Upright_Man #Tunde_Kelani
