John Akomfrah

Scala!!!

This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.

John On The Void

Artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah recounts an experience sailing through French Polynesia.

This Is My Africa

Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.

Black and White in Colour

A two part documentary that details the contribution of black and Asian people to television history from the birth of television in 1936 to 1992. Interviewees include: Pearl Connor, Thomas Baptiste, Lenny Henry, Norman Beaton, Horace Ové, Carmen Munroe, and Stuart Hall.

A Touch of the Tar Brush

Black filmmaker John Akomfrah believes that, for too long, being English has meant being white. In an attempt to show Englishness from the point of view of mixed-race English people, he visits Liverpool, one of England's oldest multicultural communities.