Who Needs a Heart

Name: Who Needs a Heart
Director: John Akomfrah
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 1991-01-02
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Caroline Burghard, Treva Etienne, Ruth Gemmell, Caroline Lee-Johnson, Kwabena Manso

1991

1h 20m

Drama Documentary

Director: John Akomfrah

Writer: John Akomfrah

Overview

The tumultuous life of the controversial 1960s black revolutionary (and convicted murderer) Michael X is illustrated by a kaleidoscopic melding of sound and images. The radically discordant free jazz soundtrack provides a surreal counterpoint to the mix of newsreel and staged footage in this exhilarating experiment in documentary storytelling.