Transfigured Night draws its inspiration from two sources of the same name – Verklärte Nacht – the German poem by Richard Dehmel from 1896 and the musical composition by Arnold Schoenburg in 1899. Using the five-part structure of both the poem and the composition to reflect on the key moments and events which have shaped postcolonial histories, Transfigured Night mirrors the relationship between postcolonial subject and state with that of Dehmel’s lovers – speaking to the fleeting promises and ensuing disappointments of the post-colonial state.
John Akomfrah
Director
Don't Worry Darling68%
Society66%
Body Snatchers61%
The Time Machine73%
The Substance71%
Invasion of the Body Snatchers72%
Twilight Zone: The Movie64%
My Fair Lady74%
Eraserhead73%
The Thirteenth Floor70%
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere67%
The Invisible Man70%
Footloose65%
Infinite65%
Dream Scenario66%
Apt Pupil65%
The Baby of Mâcon68%
Fight Club84%
Boy Erased69%
The Master70%
