Acts Of Faith

About Acts Of Faith

Auto Da Fé is a diptych that looks at migration through the lens of religious persecution. Presented as a poetic period drama, the film presents a series of eight historical migrations over the last 400 years, starting with the little known 1654 fleeing of Sephardic Jews from Catholic Brazil to Barbados.

John Akomfrah's Acts Of Faith is a 2016 film. Released in January 2016, it runs 41 minutes.