Peripeteia
Peripeteia
2012, English. Directed by John Akomfrah.
Peripeteia (Greek: περιπέτεια; a reversal of circumstances, or turning point) is a moving visualization of a black man and woman that appear in a 16th century drawing by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. John Akomfrah uses the film to give them movement and to imagine their lives and actions.
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- 0h 18m
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- English
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Peripeteia runs 18 minutes (0h 18m).
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Peripeteia isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 October 2012. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Peripeteia?
Peripeteia (2012) was directed by John Akomfrah.