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Rob Lemkin
UK 2020 88'
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A young man’s epic journey across Africa in search of a colonial killer. Using Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness as his guide, British-Nigerian Oxford student Femi Nylander travels to West Africa to uncover colonialisms darkest stories. Fiction and reality overlap as Femi is confronted with both the horrors of the past and present and a spirit of hope for the future. Amidst the rise of the Black Lives Matter protests, AFRICAN APOCALYPSE is an exploration of oppression and resistance.
Director | Rob Lemkin |
Producers | Geoff Arbourne, David Upshal |
Co-Producers | Sani Elhadj Magori, Jolijn Geels |
Executive Producers | Mark Bell, Lisa Marie Russo |
Production Company | Inside Out Films |
In collaboration with | BBC Arena, BFI Doc Society, Bertha Film Foundation |
Cinematography | Claude Garnier AFC |
Writers | Rob Lemkin, Femi Nylander |
Co-Writer | Matt McConaghy |
Editor | David Charap |
Music | Tunde Jegede, Sunara Begum |
Sound | Abdoulaye Adamou Mato |
BFI London FF 2020 |
Shanghai IFF 2021 |
Biografilm 2021 |
Ji.Hlava IDFF 2021 |
| Runtime | 88' |
| Spoken Languages | English, French, Hausa |
| Production Countries | UK |
Rob Lemkin has produced and directed over 50 documentaries for BBC, C4 and other broadcasters in UK and US.
His last feature film, ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE (2010) was a ground-breaking account of the Killing Fields of Cambodia which he wrote, directed, photographed and produced. One of the most lauded documentary features of recent years it won around 30 international awards including Special Jury Prize at Sundance, Best Documentary BIFA and Emmy for Best Investigative Documentary. The film and its sequel ONE DAY AT PO CHREY (2012) were at the heart of the United Nations trial of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
