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Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe

Known for: 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.

Directed / Created

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

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