
Onyeka Igwe
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.
Known For

Specialised Technique

5.9
Ungentle
Drama

Penkelemes

No Archive Can Restore You
Documentary

A So-Called Archive
Documentary

Her Name in My Mouth
Documentary

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

Sitting on a Man
Notes on dancing with the archive

We Need New Names
Documentary
Sylvie’s Monologue

A Radical Duet
Documentary

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

The Miracle on George Green
Another Step Forward