The Last Angel of History 30th Anniversary Screening with Speaker Music (Live) + The Otolith Group in Conversation VIFF Live

VIFF is honoured to co-present with the Vancouver Art Gallery, a special 30th anniversary screening of speculative documentary The Last Angel of History created by the visionary Black Audio Film Collective. Tracing the musical legacy of Afrofuturism from its rhythmic origins during the Transatlantic Slave Trade through the imaginary ’future’ worlds conjured in techno and jungle music, The Last Angel of History examines the intersection between Pan-African culture, science fact, and science fiction. The screening will be preceded by a live performance from Speaker Music, the music alias of DeForrest Brown Jr., whose improvisational performances and recorded works sculpt memory and sonic form into a multi-textural rhythmic body. DeForrest Brown Jr. will then return to conclude the event with a moderated conversation featuring acclaimed interdisciplinary artists, writers, and theorists Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar, founders of UK artist collective The Otolith Group.

This event is presented in partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery, where, co-founder of the Black Audio Collective, John Akomfrah’s acclaimed three-channel film Vertigo Sea (2015) is currently on view as part of the exhibition Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change through January 10, 2027.

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