Black Audio Film Collective (1982 – 1998)
- The Black Audio Film Collective was founded in 1982 and was based in Dalston, East London 1983–1988.
- With members such as John Akomfrah, Lina Gopaul, Avril Johnson, Reece Auguiste, Trevor Mathison, David Lawson, and Edward George it quickly emerged as an influential artists group.
- Together they developed a form of art/documentary, using photography, slide tape, video, installation, posters, and interventions.
- Their first film, Handsworth Songs (1986), won seven international awards in 1987; their second film Testament premiered at the International Critics’ Week at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1988. These and subsequent works such as Twilight City (1989) and The Last Angel of History (1995) staked a claim for a new kind of moving image work that was resolutely experimental and confidently internationalist.
- The Black Audio Film Collective dissolved in 1998.