Short Films by Onyeka Igwe
the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered
25m
Directed by Onyeka Igwe • 2019 • Nigeria, United Kingdom
THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED . . . tells the story of artist Onyeka Igwe’s grandfather, the story of the “land,” and the story of an encounter with Nigeria in four different ways: a folktale of two brothers rendered in the broad strokes of colonial British moving images; a Nollywood TV series, on VHS, based on the first published Igbo novel; a story of the family patriarch, passed down through generations; and diary entries from the artist’s first solo visit to her family’s hometown.
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a so-called archive
Directed by Onyeka Igwe • 2020 • Nigeria, United Kingdom
Blending footage shot in two separate colonial archive buildings—one in Lagos, Nigeria, the other in Bristol, England—this double portrait considers the “sonic shadows” that colonial images continue to generate even after the disintegratio...
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The Miracle on George Green
Directed by Onyeka Igwe • 2022 • United Kingdom
THE MIRACLE ON GEORGE GREEN tells a collective social history of the UK tradition of the commons—land collectively owned and used to gather, play, and debate. The film centers on the George Green treehouse in East London, where a beloved chestnut t...
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A Radical Duet
Directed by Onyeka Igwe • 2023 • United Kingdom
Starring Renee Bailey, Tomi Ogunjobi, Emmanuel KojoWhat happened in 1940s London when two women of different generations, both fighting against colonialism, came together to put their fervor and imagination into writing a revolutionary play?
