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Event Date
Date
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Time
7–9 PM
Category Film

Akomfrah Double Feature

Still from John Akomfrah's Last Angel of History.
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Join us for a free screening of two earlier films, Handsworth Songs, and Last Angel of History, by award-winning London-based artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah. This event complements the major exhibition John Akomfrah: Precarity, a three-channel video set in New Orleans that examines the life and times of Charles “Buddy” Bolden, the first person known to have explored the sonic tonalities of the music we now call jazz.

  • John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    John Akomfrah, "Handsworth Songs," 1986. Single channel 16mm colour film transferred to video, sound. 58 minutes 33 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

    AKOM950001 John Akomfrah, "The Last Angel of History," 1995. Single channel colour video, sound. 45 minutes 7 seconds. © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

  • Selections from John Akomfrah's films

    © Smoking Dogs Films; Courtesy Lisson Gallery.

Event Details

Date
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Time
7–9 PM
Categories
Tags
Film, Handsworth Songs, John Akomfrah, Last Angel of History
Venue
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
2001 Campus Drive
Durham, NC 27705 United States