Onyeka Igwe
- Known for
- Directing
Biography
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.
Known For
Ungentle
A Radical Duet
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
The Miracle on George Green
Her Name in My Mouth
Sitting on a Man
Specialised Technique
We Need New Names
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
Collective Hum
No Archive Can Restore You
A So-Called Archive
Filmography
Penkelemes
Movie · Director
No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame
Movie · Director
A Radical Duet
Movie · Director
Notes on dancing with the archive
Movie · Director
Sylvie’s Monologue
Movie · Director
Ungentle
Movie · Director
The Miracle on George Green
Movie · Director
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
Movie · Director
Another Step Forward
Movie · Director
No Archive Can Restore You
Movie · Director
A So-Called Archive
Movie · Director
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
Movie · Director
Her Name in My Mouth
Movie · Director
Sitting on a Man
Movie · Director
Specialised Technique
Movie · Director
We Need New Names
Movie · Director