
Directing
Onyeka Igwe
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.
Directed Films

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Penkelemes
2025

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A Radical Duet
2023·Documentary

5.9
Ungentle
2022·Drama

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The Miracle on George Green
2022

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8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel
2021

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A So-Called Archive
2020·Documentary

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No Archive Can Restore You
2020·Documentary

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The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered
2019

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Specialised Technique
2018

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Her Name in My Mouth
2018·Documentary

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Sitting on a Man
2018

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We Need New Names
2015·Documentary