Black Audio Film Collective
Black Audio Film Collective (founded 1983 in London ) was an English collective consisting of seven British black multimedia artists and filmmakers . Members were John Akomfrah , Reece Auguiste, Edward George, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson, Trevor Mathison and Claire Joseph, who was replaced by David Lawson in 1985. The collective disbanded in 1998.
Black Audio works at the intersection of art, film and television and has received numerous awards.
“Black Audio turned away from photographic realism and instead discussed the discursive conditions of the“ black experience ”in palimpsest-like overlapping images, texts and sounds. By critically juxtaposing news excerpts, interviews with polemical historiography, political analysis and dramatization, the collective sought to question traditional historiography of blacks in Great Britain and to reveal the spirit of "other stories". "
Filmography (selection)
- 1986: Handsworth Songs
- 1988: will
- 1989: Twilight City
- 1991: Mysteries of July
- 1991: Who Needs a Heart
- 1992: A Touch of the Tar Brush
- 1993: Seven Songs for Malcolm X
- 1995: The Mothership Connection
- 1995: The Last Angel of History
- 1995: 3 Songs of Pain, Light and Time
- 1997: Memory Room 451
- 1997: Martin Luther King: Days of Hope
- 1998: Gangsta Gangsta: The Tragedy of Tupac Shakur
Web links
- Film Comment Black Audio Film Collective (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tate Black Audio Film Collective accessed January 11, 2019
- ↑ Lux Black Audio Film Collective accessed on January 11, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Documenta11_Plattform5: Exhibition / Exhibition. Short guide; Page 232, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002 ISBN 3-7757-9087-X