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    CROSSINGS
    CROSSINGS: STORIES OF MIGRATION
    JUNE-SEPTEMBER 2017
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     A  NATIONWIDE PROGRAMME OF FILMS AND EVENTS EXPLORING MIGRATION FROM BOTH GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES 
    THE NINE MUSES 
    Dir. John Akomfrah 
    UK, 2012, 90 mins 
    Structured as an allegorical fable set between 1949 and 1970, THE NINE MUSES 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. 
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    The Nine Muses
    12/07, 8.45pm
    ICA
    The Mall
    London SW1Y 5AH
    THE NINE MUSES 
    Dir. John Akomfrah 
    UK, 2012, 90 mins 
    PROGRAMME
    10/08, 6.30pm
    Duke's at Komedia
    44–47 Gardner Street
    Brighton BN1 1UN
    THE NINE MUSES + discussion
    Dir. John Akomfrah 
    UK, 2012, 90 mins 
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    Clip 1 'West Indian Man' 

    Clip 2 Reappearance of 'West Indian Man'

    Crossings: Stories of Miration

    THE NINE MUSES

    discussion with Imruh Bakari and Anthony Andrews

    Culture Now: John Akomfrah

    Border/Talks

     A Conversation with John Akomfrah

    on Sea-Migration, Borders, and Art

    John Akomfrah in Conversation

    Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015

    20/09, 6pm
    The Poly
    24 Church Street
    Falmouth TR11 3EG
    THE NINE MUSES
    Dir. John Akomfrah 
    UK, 2012, 90 mins