The Nine Muses

It's as if Akomfrah is trying to make mythological connections and undo or deny them at the same time - an alienating and misguided strategy.

Engaging and pregnant with ideas, although some of the juxtapositions work better than others.

Much of this is majestic. But a thought kept fidgeting in my head. Do we need quite so many dead white males singing the tragedies and trials of the black experience?

It could have been a much more powerful and concise production. As is, it feels like a convoluted run-on that refuses to move the conversation forward.