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No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Animated window frame in purple and teal with the title No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Synopsis

Through animated text, layered sound recordings and reimagined protest songs from the 1947 Egba Market women’s revolt, this immersive work creates a sonic redress to colonial narratives of Nigeria.
Official selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

Details

Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 49 sec
Director
Onyeka Igwe
Editor
Daniel Hughes
Sound
Richy Carey
Composer
Tanya Auclair
Principal cast
Nouria Bah, Blue Blackley, Buki Bayode, Hannah Catherine Jones, Mimi Koku, Ayumi Konno, Miryam Solomon, Bianca Stephens, Hannah Catherine Jones, Samra Mayanja, Jenny Moore, Munesu Mukombe, Beatrice Loft Schulz, Chinedu Igwe-Walker
Other Lead Creative(s)
Adebimpe Adeyemi, Samra Manjaya, Josef Israel, Tracy Rakira, Calista Feltham and Oguguo Igwe
Caption Consultancy
Ciaran Stewart

Genre

Art / Artists Experimental History

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Onny Ltd

Vault 8, Somerset House Studios
Somerset House
London,
WC2R 1LA

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