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.

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...

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Main Author: Mathison, Trevor, 1960- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Black Audio Film Collective, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Channel Four (Great Britain), Icarus Films
Other Authors: Akomfrah, John (Film director), Gopaul, Lina (Film producer), Johnson, Avril (Film producer), Clinton, George, 1940- (on-screen participant.), Eshun, Kodwo (on-screen participant.), May, Derrick, 1963- (on-screen participant.), Corbett, John, 1963- (on-screen participant.), Harris, Bernard, Jr (on-screen participant.), Nichols, Nichelle (on-screen participant.), Atkins, Juan (on-screen participant.), DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (on-screen participant.), Tate, Greg (on-screen participant.)
Language:English
Published: [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2016]
Subjects:
Pan-Africanism.
Science fiction > Social aspects.
Popular music > Social aspects.
African Americans > Interviews.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Genre:
Interviews.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Alexander Street)
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (45 min.) : digital, sound, color
Format: Electronic Video
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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.
Note:Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Black Audio Films ©1995; previously released in 1997.
Call Number:PN3433.6 .L37 2016
Interest Grade Level:
10 and up.
Credits:Camera, David Scott ; music, Trevor Mathison ; editor, Justin Amsden.
System 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.
Participant or Performer:
Kodwo Eshun, George Clinton, Derrick May, John Corbett, Bernard A. Harris Jnr., Nichelle Nichols, Juan Atkins, DJ Spooky, Greg Tate.
Source of Description:
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 8, 2016).