Onyeka Igwe
- Known for
- Directing
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.
Filmography
Penkelemes 2025
Director
No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame 2024
Director
A Radical Duet 2023
Director, Writer
Sylvie’s Monologue 2023
Director
Notes on dancing with the archive 2023
Director
Ungentle 2022
Director, Editor
The Miracle on George Green 2022
Director
8 yams, 8 small yams, 8 eggs, a cow and a cockerel 2021
Director
Another Step Forward 2020
Director
A So-Called Archive 2020
Director, Sound Recordist
No Archive Can Restore You 2020
Director, Sound Designer, Sound Recordist
The Names Have Changed, Including My Own and Truths Have Been Altered 2019
Director
Specialised Technique 2018
Director, Editor, Writer
Her Name in My Mouth 2018
Director
Sitting on a Man 2018
Director
We Need New Names 2015
Director
Collective Hum 2020
Cinematography, Editor
Credits from TMDB.