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Ghanaian-born filmmaker, he came to prominence with Handsworth Songs. He helped found the Black Audio Film Collective. His digital movies include: DIGITOPIA and NIGHT WORK.
Programme Events at the Talent Campus:
John Akomfrah, Dominique Cabrera, Sandi DuBowski, Miroslav Janek, moderated by Mark LeFanu
Of late, documentaries are increasingly screened in movie theatres and festival slots which were traditionally, by unwritten law, reserved for "features only". Despite this fairly recent development, there is only a very fine line that distinguishes documentaries made for TV from those made for theatrical release. Opinions on the matter are highly controversial. Four masters of documentary filmmaking – Ghanaian-born John Akomfrah, jury member for the 2008 "Best First Feature Award" (endowed by GWFF) Dominique Cabrera, director Sandi DuBowski (producer of A Jihad For Love, featuring the Panorama), and Czech filmmaker Miroslav Janek – debate the issue using examples from their own production experience, and also reflect on the limits and ethics in documentary filmmaking, addressing questions on the "intrusion of privacy", and making documentaries on burning issues without stepping into the "current affairs" trap.