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The last angel of history / a Black Audio Films production in association with Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen and Channel Four Television ; producers, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson ; director, John Akomfrah

Published:
[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : digital, sound, color
Additional Creators:
Akomfrah, John, Gopaul, Lina, Johnson, Avril, Clinton, George, 1940-, Eshun, Kodwo, May, Derrick, 1963-, Corbett, John, 1963-, Harris, Bernard, Jr., Nichols, Nichelle, Atkins, Juan, DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Tate, Greg, Mathison, Trevor, 1960-, Black Audio Film Collective, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Channel Four (Great Britain), and Icarus Films
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Summary:
John Akomfrah, director of Seven Songs of Malcolm X, returns with an engaging and searing examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing computer technology. This cinematic essay posits science fiction (with tropes such as alien abduction, estrangement, and genetic engineering) as a metaphor for the Pan-African experience of forced displacement, cultural alienation, and otherness. Akomfrah's analysis is rooted in an exploration of the cultural works of Pan-African artists, such as funkmaster George Clinton and his Mothership Connection , Sun Ra's use of extraterrestrial iconography, and the very explicit connection drawn between these issues in the writings of black science fiction authors Samuel R. Delaney and Octavia Butler.
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10 and up.
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Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Black Audio Films ©1995; previously released in 1997.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Camera, David Scott ; music, Trevor Mathison ; editor, Justin Amsden.
Participant/Performer Note:
Kodwo Eshun, George Clinton, Derrick May, John Corbett, Bernard A. Harris Jnr., Nichelle Nichols, Juan Atkins, DJ Spooky, Greg Tate.
Technical Details:
System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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