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Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe

Director

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.

• 17 titles

Filmography

Filmography

Specialised Technique
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Movie•2018•en

Specialised Technique

Collective Hum
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Movie•2020•en

Collective Hum

Penkelemes
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Movie•2025•en

Penkelemes

A Radical Duet
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Movie•2023•en

A Radical Duet

Movie•2026•en

No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Ungentle
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Movie•2022•en

Ungentle

No Archive Can Restore You
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Movie•2020•en

No Archive Can Restore You

The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
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Movie•2019•en

The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered

We Need New Names
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Movie•2015•en

We Need New Names

Movie•2023•en

Notes on dancing with the archive

A So-Called Archive
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Movie•2020•en

A So-Called Archive

The Miracle on George Green
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Movie•2022•en

The Miracle on George Green

Her Name in My Mouth
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Movie•2018•en

Her Name in My Mouth

8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
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Movie•2021•en

8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel

Movie•2020•en

Another Step Forward

Movie•2023•en

Sylvie’s Monologue

Sitting on a Man
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Movie•2018•en

Sitting on a Man