The Last Angel of History (1996)

Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief", this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.

Director:

John Akomfrah

Writer:

Edward George

Stars:

George Clinton, Kodwo Eshun, Edward George

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
George Clinton	...	Himself
Kodwo Eshun	...	Himself
Edward George	...	Data Thief
Goldie	...	Himself
Bernard A. Harris Jr.	...	Himself (as Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr.)
Derrick May	...	Himself
Nichelle Nichols	...	Herself
Ishmael Reed	...	Himself
DJ Spooky	...	Himself
Greg Tate	...	Himself

Storyline

Framed by the fictional story of the "data thief", this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.

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Genres:

Documentary | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1996 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Der letzte Engel der Geschichte

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Studio Film Collective, Channel 4 Television Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Man Machine
Written by Karl Bartos (uncredited) and Ralf Hütter (uncredited)
Performed by Kraftwerk
Courtesy of EMI

User Reviews

Dot Con spin off

I saw this in 2003, but it dates 1995. That was the dot com boom era, I know and was in New York and couldn't leave coz my phone and email box were ramed with jobs every week - it was madness and the gold rush posse included many 'artists' looking for a new cyber angle to sell their s**t..

I consulted a lot for 'visual artists' who were usually film guys looking for a new spin to get bucks to put thier ideas up. That's me, now this film is intersting coz it's from the UK, London who were behind NY in the cyber media buzz. Now most of the interviews are with Americans P.Funk, Tate, Delaney etc. This poses the problem how do you make a documentary interesting when it is full with folks who already have been interviewed tons of times, who already have bodies of work out there?

Well these guys put in this Cyber detective character myth, that doesnot make much sense. My mate said it didn't need to coz it's Sci Fi, but I don't buy that. My mate like that spin, I said it was a cheezy attempt to make lame music doc. interesting by adding a sci fi tinge to it. Check it for yourselfs. At the very least it's a one off, not many black made cyber docs with P. Funk in the mix that I know of from Europe. PS: I just know the germans went crazy for rubbish like this, they went for David Hasselhoff