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Onyeka Igwe

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Onyeka Igwe

Credits
17 titles

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.

Latest project Best work, ranked

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 17

YearTitleJob
2026 No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame Film Director
2025 Penkelemes Film Director
2023 A Radical Duet Film Director, Writer
2023 Notes on dancing with the archive Film Director
2023 Sylvie’s Monologue Film Director
2022 Ungentle Film Director, Editor
2022 The Miracle on George Green Film Director
2021 8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel Film Director
2020 Another Step Forward Film Director
2020 A So-Called Archive Film Director, Sound Recordist
2020 No Archive Can Restore You Film Director
2020 Collective Hum Film Cinematography, Editor
2019 The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered Film Director
2018 Specialised Technique Film Director, Editor, Writer
2018 Her Name in My Mouth Film Director
2018 Sitting on a Man Film Director
2015 We Need New Names Film Director
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