Project Detail

We Need New Names

Synopsis

An essay video work examining contemporary Nigerian diasporic female identity through the contradictions inherent to an ethnographic reading of the funeral of the filmmakers’ family matriarch. Using personal archive to explore the concepts of female identity, diaspora, cultural memory and most importantly ‘fiction’.

Details

Year: 2015
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 2 sec
Director: Onyeka Igwe
Producer: Onyeka Igwe
Screenwriter: Onyeka Igwe

Genre

Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Onyeka Igwe

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www.onyekaigwe.com/film.html

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