We Need New Names

A 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’.

Country:

United Kingdom

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Duration:

14 minutes

Year:

2015

Director:

Onyeka Igwe

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Crew:

Director