Ngozi Onwurah

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Coffee Coloured Children
6.5

Coffee Coloured Children

Jan 01, 1988

Coffee Coloured Children
1988 16 min 2 vues
Coffee-Colored Children is an autobiographical portrayal of Ngozi's, and her brother's, sad welcome to the world where the color of your skin dictates the amount of respect & love you receive.
Documentary
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
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Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

Jan 16, 2002

Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
2002 73 min 1 vues
Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson’s engaging debut intersperses interviews with such acclaimed women directors as Safi Faye, Sarah Maldoror, Anne Mungai, Fanta Régina Nacro and Ngozi Onwurah with footage from their seminal work. With power and nuance, Ellerson also confronts the thorny question of cultural authenticity by revisiting the legendary 1991 FESPACO (Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou), in which diasporian women were asked to leave a meeting intended for African woman only. This film is both a valuable anthology and a fitting homage to the pioneers and new talents of African cinema.
Documentary
Coffee Coloured Children
6.5

Coffee Coloured Children

Jan 01, 1988

Coffee Coloured Children
1988 16 min 2 vues
Coffee-Colored Children is an autobiographical portrayal of Ngozi's, and her brother's, sad welcome to the world where the color of your skin dictates the amount of respect & love you receive.
Documentary
Welcome II the Terrordome
5.9

Welcome II the Terrordome

Jan 20, 1995

Welcome II the Terrordome
1995 90 min 8 vues
Spike and his sister Anjela live in the Terrordome, a huge ghetto that all the blacks have been forced to live in. Jodie, Spike's pregnant white girlfriend, ran away from an abusive white boyfriend who, after seeing her with Spike, sets up a trap for her. Spike's 11-year old nephew Hector dies as a result of this trap, and Anjela, finding the body of her son, goes on a police-killing rampage. Her apprehension sets off tension between Spike and his brother-in-law, as a race war broods inside the Terrordome.
Science Fiction
The Body Beautiful
6.179

The Body Beautiful

Oct 03, 1991

The Body Beautiful
1991 23 min 14 vues
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Drama
Welcome II the Terrordome
5.9

Welcome II the Terrordome

Jan 20, 1995

Welcome II the Terrordome
1995 90 min 8 vues
Spike and his sister Anjela live in the Terrordome, a huge ghetto that all the blacks have been forced to live in. Jodie, Spike's pregnant white girlfriend, ran away from an abusive white boyfriend who, after seeing her with Spike, sets up a trap for her. Spike's 11-year old nephew Hector dies as a result of this trap, and Anjela, finding the body of her son, goes on a police-killing rampage. Her apprehension sets off tension between Spike and his brother-in-law, as a race war broods inside the Terrordome.
Science Fiction
The Body Beautiful
6.179

The Body Beautiful

Oct 03, 1991

The Body Beautiful
1991 23 min 14 vues
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals the profound effects of body image and the strain of racial and sexual identity on their charged, intensely loving bond. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Drama
Shoot the Messenger
5.4

Shoot the Messenger

Apr 26, 2006

Shoot the Messenger
2006 90 min 7 vues
Shoot the Messenger follows one man's painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.
Drama
Coffee Coloured Children
6.5

Coffee Coloured Children

Jan 01, 1988

Coffee Coloured Children
1988 16 min 2 vues
Coffee-Colored Children is an autobiographical portrayal of Ngozi's, and her brother's, sad welcome to the world where the color of your skin dictates the amount of respect & love you receive.
Documentary
Flight of the Swan
1

Flight of the Swan

Oct 09, 1992

Flight of the Swan
1992 11 min 1 vues
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
Drama
Flight of the Swan
1

Flight of the Swan

Oct 09, 1992

Flight of the Swan
1992 11 min 1 vues
A young girl leaves her Nigerian village to attend a ballet school in England. Fascinated by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, she dreams of performing as lead ballerina Princess Odette, but the girls in her close-minded ballet school mock her ideas of a 'black swan'.
Drama
White Men Are Cracking Up
4.8

White Men Are Cracking Up

Jan 01, 1996

White Men Are Cracking Up
1996 20 min 3 vues
Maisie Blue is an enigmatic black widow figure under investigation by detective Margrave for her involvement in the suicides of successful white men. Through the blurred lines of perception and reality, the myth of the Black feminine mystique is explored under the guise of a murder mystery. The film explores the fetishization of Black women as a manifestation of white male insecurity.
Crime
And Still I Rise
7

And Still I Rise

Jan 01, 1992

And Still I Rise
1992 30 min 1 vues
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.
Documentary
Coffee Coloured Children
6.5

Coffee Coloured Children

Jan 01, 1988

Coffee Coloured Children
1988 16 min 2 vues
Coffee-Colored Children is an autobiographical portrayal of Ngozi's, and her brother's, sad welcome to the world where the color of your skin dictates the amount of respect & love you receive.
Documentary
Hang Time
1

Hang Time

Jan 29, 2001

Hang Time
2001 26 min 1 vues
Hang Time follows Kwame, a promising basketball player who, desperate to provide for his grandmother and sister and obtain a contract in America, accepts a risky proposal.
Hang Time
1

Hang Time

Jan 29, 2001

Hang Time
2001 26 min 1 vues
Hang Time follows Kwame, a promising basketball player who, desperate to provide for his grandmother and sister and obtain a contract in America, accepts a risky proposal.
Monday's Girls
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Monday's Girls

Sep 12, 1993

Monday's Girls
1993 50 min 1 vues
"Monday's Girls" explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in today's Africa through the eyes of two young Waikiriki women from the Niger delta. Although both come from leading families in the same large island town, Florence looks at the iria women's initiation ceremony as an honor, while Azikiwe, who has lived in the city for ten years, sees it as an indignity.
Documentary
The Desired Number
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The Desired Number

Sep 09, 1995

The Desired Number
1995 27 min 1 vues
This short documentary examines multiple facets of Nigeria’s cultural attitudes towards pregnancy, women’s productive options, and the familial structure.
Documentary
The Desired Number
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The Desired Number

Sep 09, 1995

The Desired Number
1995 27 min 1 vues
This short documentary examines multiple facets of Nigeria’s cultural attitudes towards pregnancy, women’s productive options, and the familial structure.
Documentary
And Still I Rise
7

And Still I Rise

Jan 01, 1992

And Still I Rise
1992 30 min 1 vues
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.
Documentary
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Sep 05, 2010
2010 min 30 vues
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Crime
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Aug 20, 2000
2000 min 1 vues
BBC series exploring cultures around the world.
Documentary
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Jun 22, 1990
1990 min 1 vues
Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.
Drama