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The last angel of history

Title
The last angel of history / directed by John Akomfrah.
Publication
New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 1995.

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Moving imageUse in library Sc Visual VRA-577Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
  • Akomfrah, John
  • Black Audio Film Collective.
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • First Run/Icarus Films.
Description
1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Explores the relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, space exploration, and computer technology. Examines science fiction elements in literature and music as metaphors for the Pan-African experience of forced displacement and cultural alienation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Short films.
Credits (note)
  • Producers, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson ; cinematographer, David Scott ; composer, Trevor Mathison ; a Black Audio Films production in association with Zweites Deutches Fernsehen and Channel Four Television.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-577
OCLC
40411358
Title
The last angel of history / directed by John Akomfrah.
Imprint
New York : First Run/Icarus Films, 1995.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videocassette
Credits
Producers, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson ; cinematographer, David Scott ; composer, Trevor Mathison ; a Black Audio Films production in association with Zweites Deutches Fernsehen and Channel Four Television.
System Details
VHS.
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Added Author
Akomfrah, John, film director.
Black Audio Film Collective.
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
First Run/Icarus Films.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-577
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