ARCADIA

Dir. John Akomfrah Prod. Smoking Dogs Films 2023 59 min. UK

A five-screen film installation with beautiful images of landscapes from around the world and a haunting soundtrack, reflecting on 'The Columbian Exchange' - the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, populations, technologies, diseases and ideas between the Americas, Afro-Eurasia and Europe - the 'New World' and the 'Old World' - from the 1400s onwards.

"I wanted to go back to a time before the guns came out – to explore what other weapons, intended or otherwise, were in play. There are always powerful forces at work that are beyond our control. Humans are never the only actors on the stage." - John Akomfrah

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