The nine muses / UK Film Council, the Arts Council of England, Soul Rebel Pictures in association with Creation Rebel Films, BBC English Regions, Naxos Audio Books ; a Smoking Dogs production ; producers, Lina Gopaul, David Lawson ; written and directed by John Akomfrah.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Akomfrah, John, film director, screenwriter, on-screen participant.

Gopaul, Lina, film producer.

Lawson, David (Producer), film producer, on-screen participant.

Mathison, Trevor, 1960- on-screen participant, composer.

UK Film Council, production company.

Arts Council of England, production company.

Soul Rebel Pictures, production company.

Smoking Dogs Films, production company.

Creation Rebel Films, production company.

Naxos AudioBooks, Ltd., production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation. English Regions, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

History.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Commonwealth countries--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Commonwealth countries.

Genre:

Experimental films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (96 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2018]

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.

video file

Summary:

Structured as an allegorical fable set between 1949 and 1970, this film is comprised of nine overlapping musical chapters that mix archival material with original scenes. Together, they form a stylized, idiosyncratic retelling of the history of mass migration to post-war Britain through the suggestive lens of the Homeric epic.

Participant:

Trevor Mathison, John Akomfrah, David Lawson.

Credits:

Editor, Miikka Leskinen ; director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; composer, Trevor Mathison.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

"A Made in England initiative."--Opening credits.

Originally produced by: Smoking Dogs Films, UK Film Council, ©2010; previously released in 2011.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed March 6, 2018).

Publisher Number:

if-muse Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.