birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
accra , ghana 4 may 1957 1986 -- present john akomfrah
 john akomfrah film director
john akomfrah

john akomfrah , obe -lrb- born 4 may 1957 -rrb- is an english artist , writer , film director , screenwriter and theorist whose `` commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films '' .
a founder of the black audio film collective in 1982 , he made his debut as a director with `` handsworth songs '' , which examined the fallout from the 1985 handsworth riots .
`` handsworth songs '' went on to win the grierson award for best documentary in 1987 .
