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Onyeka Igwe

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.

Best known work

Ungentle

Ungentle

2022
A Radical Duet

A Radical Duet

2023
Sylvie’s Monologue

Sylvie’s Monologue

2023
The Miracle on George Green

The Miracle on George Green

2022
Another Step Forward

Another Step Forward

2020
Notes on dancing with the archive

Notes on dancing with the archive

2023
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel

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

2021
Her Name in My Mouth

Her Name in My Mouth

2018
Sitting on a Man

Sitting on a Man

2018
Specialised Technique

Specialised Technique

2018

Filmography

  1. 2026

    No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

    Director

  2. 2025

    Penkelemes

    Director

  3. 2023

    A Radical Duet

    Director, Writer

  4. 2023

  5. 2023

  6. 2022

    Ungentle

    Director, Editor

  7. 2022

  8. 2021

  9. 2020

  10. 2020

    A So-Called Archive

    Director, Sound Recordist

  11. 2020

  12. 2020

    Collective Hum

    Editor, Cinematography

  13. 2019

  14. 2018

    Specialised Technique

    Director, Editor, Writer

  15. 2018

  16. 2018

  17. 2015

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