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Onyeka Igwe
Onyeka Igwe is an artist filmmaker, programmer and researcher. She lives and works in London. In her non-fiction video work Onyeka uses dance, voice, archive and text to expose a multiplicity of narratives. The work explores the physical body and geographical place as sites of cultural and political meaning. Her video works have shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, The Showroom, London, articule, Montreal and Trinity Square Video, Toronto as well as at the London, Edinburgh Artist Moving Image, Rotterdam International and Hamburg film festivals.
Credits
Newest first- No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) ShameDirector2026
PenkelemesDirector2025
A Radical DuetDirector2023
A Radical DuetWriter2023- Notes on dancing with the archiveDirector2023
- Sylvie’s MonologueDirector2023
UngentleDirector2022
UngentleEditor2022
The Miracle on George GreenDirector2022
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerelDirector2021- Another Step ForwardDirector2020
A So-Called ArchiveDirector2020
A So-Called ArchiveSound Recordist2020
No Archive Can Restore YouDirector2020
Collective HumEditor2020
Collective HumCinematography2020
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been AlteredDirector2019
Specialised TechniqueDirector2018
Specialised TechniqueEditor2018
Specialised TechniqueWriter2018
Her Name in My MouthDirector2018
Sitting on a ManDirector2018
We Need New NamesDirector2015