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Onyeka Igwe

Onyeka Igwe

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.

• 17 titles

Known For

Known For

Movie•2026

No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Penkelemes
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Movie•2025

Penkelemes

A Radical Duet
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Movie•2023

A Radical Duet

Movie•2023

Sylvie’s Monologue

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

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

The Miracle on George Green
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Movie•2022

The Miracle on George Green

Movie•2020

Another Step Forward

Movie•2023

Notes on dancing with the archive

Ungentle
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Movie•2022

Ungentle

A So-Called Archive
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Movie•2020

A So-Called Archive

No Archive Can Restore You
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Movie•2020

No Archive Can Restore You

Collective Hum
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Movie•2020

Collective Hum

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

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

We Need New Names
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Movie•2015

We Need New Names

Specialised Technique
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Movie•2018

Specialised Technique

Sitting on a Man
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Movie•2018

Sitting on a Man

Her Name in My Mouth
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Movie•2018

Her Name in My Mouth