The Ghosts of Songs: The Film Art of the Black Audio Film Collective

by Kodwo Eshun (Editor), Anjalika Sagar (Editor)

Founded during the racially volatile days of the early Thatcher government and active for sixteen years, the Black Audio Film Collective produced some of the most challenging and stylish art of the first generation of black British filmmakers. In The Ghosts of Songs, acclaimed artists, filmmakers, and scholars examine the legacy of the collective’s innovative and wide-ranging work in film, video, and installations as well as their provocative essays and manifestos. Packed with rare photographs and previously unseen film stills, The Ghosts of Songs is a thorough assessment of the group’s entire career.

Genres: Art, Film, Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2007

About the author

Kodwo Eshun is a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker. He studied University College, Oxford University and Southampton University. He currently teaches on the MA in Contemporary Art Theory in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Reviews

[Juan Galarza López]

en fin, qué decir, otro banger con el sello de don Kodwo Eshun