Memory Room 451
The subject matter of Memory Room 451 is the cultural and historical significance of 20th-century hairstyles – the Afro, the conk, dreadlocks – in Black communities on both sides of the Atlantic. Akomfrah has disguised this exploration as a science fiction story – in the manner of the groundbreaking writers profiled in The Last Angel of History – while providing a bravura display of the aesthetics of video art in the 1990s. The tale of visitors from the future who gather dreams from unwitting subjects in order to construct a history of the Black diaspora both defamiliarizes Akomfrah’s ongoing project and points to the danger that extracting history from memory can be a kind of expropriation.
Year: 1996
Genre: Science Fiction, Documentary
Studio: Black Audio Film Collective
Director: John Akomfrah
Cast:
Crew: John Akomfrah (Director)
Runtime: 25 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1996
IMDb: 4.50/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : short film
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