Ngozi Onwurah is a British-Nigerian film director, producer, model, and lecturer.
Early life
Ngozi Onwurah was born in 1966 in Nigeria to a Nigerian father, and a whiteBritish mother, Madge Onwurah.
She has one sibling, Simon Onwurah. As children, Onwurah's mother was forced to flee with her children from Nigeria in order to escape a Civil War. They fled to England, where
Ngozi and Simon spent the majority of their childhood. During their youth, they endured much racial discrimination, which influenced many of her films.
Career
Films
Coffee Colored Children (1988)
This film is a performative, autobiographical, experimental, and ethnographic piece that explores the inner feelings of growing up in a mixed race household. The film shows mixed race children experiencing racial harassment and isolation as a result of their skin tones.
Two children, one boy and one girl, are featured in the film and shown powdering their faces with white cleaning solution and scrubbing
their skin raw in order to rid themselves of the self-hatred they feel as a result of their dark skin tones. The film shows such stereotypes
as the "Tragic Mulatto", but challenges this by featuring Ngozi and her brother Simon Onwurah being exceptions to the stereotype.Coffee Colored Children addresses the idea of a "melting pot" society and challenges it by suggesting that it should be called the "incinerator".
Shoot the Messenger by Ngozi Onwurah (2006) - clip
published: 23 Nov 2020
Shoot the Messenger Q&A with Ngozi Onwurah | NY African Film Fest 2020
Ngozi Onwurah, joins Karen McMullen in a conversation about Ngozi's films Coffee Colored Children and Shoot the Messenger.
Under the banner Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present, the New York African Film Festival is now underway through December 6 with a spotlight on the cinema of two nations: Nigeria and the Sudan. Get tickets nationwide: https://www.filmlinc.org/african
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published: 04 Dec 2020
Flaherty x Boulder (Session C) - Portia Cobb and Ngozi Onwurah
A live conversation with Portia Cobb and Ngozi Onwurah moderated by Devon Narine-Singh.
published: 02 Feb 2022
7+7: Тіло красиве / Body Beautiful
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published: 23 Sep 2021
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Inspired by a true story, NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT is a film about a mother who makes an extraordinary decision to ensure the safety of her son. Directed by award winning writer and director, Ngozi Onwurah, this film will force viewers to examine how they contribute to the violence that harms Black people as they navigate their daily lives.
Writer/Director - Ngozi Onwurah
Producers - Saffron Burrows, Suzie Green-Tedesco, Sharifa Johka
Executive Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Dina LaPolt, Simon Onwurah, Joel Chikapa Phiri, and Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri
Co-Producer - Laney Brabson
We are raising $30K to produce this film and we need your support!
You can ...
published: 01 Apr 2022
Visions of Africa: The Past, Present, and Future of African Cinema
“If Africans do not tell their own stories, Africa will soon disappear.” So said Ousmane Sembène, the legendary Senegalese auteur. Over the last many decades, African filmmakers have not only affirmed the existence of the continent on the world stage but created an entirely unique and vibrant language of cinema. This year’s New York African Film Festival showcases a number of facets of this kaleidoscopic film landscape, with works by veteran auteurs, emerging talents, diasporic voices, and pioneering women.
To celebrate the 28th NYAFF and Black History Month, we presented a special panel discussion on the past, present, and future of African cinema with the filmmakers Gaston Kaboré (Wend Kuuni; Buud Yam), Ngozi Onwurah (The Body Beautiful; Shoot the Messenger), Amjad Abu Alala (You Will D...
published: 19 Feb 2021
Showreel 88 - Coffee Coloured Children
Directed by Ngozi & Simon Onwurah
published: 13 Apr 2015
Welcome II the Terrordome | 4:3 Trailers
With its title co-opted from a fierce track by New York rappers Public Enemy, Ngozi Onwurah's sole feature to date is a rough diamond of 1990s British cinema, a harrowing blast of grungy exploitation. It begins with a haunting prologue set in North Carolina in 1652, where an Ibo family calmly drown themselves rather than succumb to the chains of slavery. It then jumps forward to immerse the viewer in a fetid slum of the near-future - the titular Terrordome - where drugs, crime and racism are as rife as the brutality visited upon the majority black inhabitants by the police.
The first film directed by a black British woman to receive a UK theatrical release, this low-budget yet visually imaginative work was widely derided at the time, but it should be commended for its eyebrow-scorching p...
published: 12 Nov 2018
Top 10 OZPLOITATION Movies
This video showcases top 10 Ozploitation movies.
Ozploitation movies are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.
You can also write your favourite 10 top Ozploitation movies, in the comments section below.
Wake In Fright, Best Ozploitation Movies, Top 10 Ozploitation Movies, Not Quite Hollywood, Best Ozploitation Films, Razorback, Top 10 Ozploitation Films, The Man From Hong Kong
You can also check other ‘Top 10’ videos -
Top 10 FRENCH NEW WAVE Films - https://youtu.be/FeaQOVBuoCQ
Top 10 JEAN LUC GODARD Movies - https://youtu.be/N3O31PVT2so
Top 10 INGMAR BERGMAN Movies - https://youtu.be/Tg-zNRjnZGE
Top 10 FEDERICO FELLINI Movies - https://youtu.be/1ZRhoKCMRPg
Top 10 HITCHCOCK...
published: 03 Nov 2021
Black Film Bulletin Presents: The Gaze (Q&A discussion) | THE CINEMA OF IDEAS
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From 25-27 January, the Black Film Bulletin presented The Gaze on the Cinema of Ideas, a collection of short films by trailblazing British filmmakers from the African-Caribbean diaspora: Dreaming Rivers (dir. Martina Attille, 1988), Coffee Coloured Children (dir. Ngozi Onwurah, 1988) and Concrete Garden (dir. Alrick Riley, 1994).
Alongside the films, we held this Q&A with Dr June Givanni, founding editor of the Black Film Bulletin, and writer Jennifer G. Robinson, founder of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, to discuss the films in the programme.
Recorded on Wednesday 26 January 2022.
...
Ngozi Onwurah, joins Karen McMullen in a conversation about Ngozi's films Coffee Colored Children and Shoot the Messenger.
Under the banner Streaming Rivers: T...
Ngozi Onwurah, joins Karen McMullen in a conversation about Ngozi's films Coffee Colored Children and Shoot the Messenger.
Under the banner Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present, the New York African Film Festival is now underway through December 6 with a spotlight on the cinema of two nations: Nigeria and the Sudan. Get tickets nationwide: https://www.filmlinc.org/african
More info: http://filmlinc.org
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Ngozi Onwurah, joins Karen McMullen in a conversation about Ngozi's films Coffee Colored Children and Shoot the Messenger.
Under the banner Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present, the New York African Film Festival is now underway through December 6 with a spotlight on the cinema of two nations: Nigeria and the Sudan. Get tickets nationwide: https://www.filmlinc.org/african
More info: http://filmlinc.org
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Перегляньте фільм безкоштовно у межах онлайн-кінофестивалю «7+7».
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Офіційний сайт фестивалю / Official ...
Перегляньте фільм безкоштовно у межах онлайн-кінофестивалю «7+7».
Watch the film for free at the ''7+7'' online festival.
Офіційний сайт фестивалю / Official website — 7plus7.takflix.com
Розклад показів і подій / Event schedule — https://7plus7.takflix.com/uk#schedule
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Перегляньте фільм безкоштовно у межах онлайн-кінофестивалю «7+7».
Watch the film for free at the ''7+7'' online festival.
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Розклад показів і подій / Event schedule — https://7plus7.takflix.com/uk#schedule
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Inspired by a true story, NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT is a film about a mother who makes an extraordinary decision to ensure the safety of her son. Directed by award winning writer and director, Ngozi Onwurah, this film will force viewers to examine how they contribute to the violence that harms Black people as they navigate their daily lives.
Writer/Director - Ngozi Onwurah
Producers - Saffron Burrows, Suzie Green-Tedesco, Sharifa Johka
Executive Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Dina LaPolt, Simon Onwurah, Joel Chikapa Phiri, and Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri
Co-Producer - Laney Brabson
We are raising $30K to produce this film and we need your support!
You can donate to the film in the follwing ways:
1. Through our website: www.neighborhoodalertfilm.com
2. CashApp: $NAFilm
3. PayPal: [email protected]
4. Zelle: [email protected]
DONATE HERE:
www.neighborhoodalertfilm.com
CashApp: $NAFilm
PayPal: [email protected]
Zelle: [email protected]
Inspired by a true story, NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT is a film about a mother who makes an extraordinary decision to ensure the safety of her son. Directed by award winning writer and director, Ngozi Onwurah, this film will force viewers to examine how they contribute to the violence that harms Black people as they navigate their daily lives.
Writer/Director - Ngozi Onwurah
Producers - Saffron Burrows, Suzie Green-Tedesco, Sharifa Johka
Executive Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Dina LaPolt, Simon Onwurah, Joel Chikapa Phiri, and Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri
Co-Producer - Laney Brabson
We are raising $30K to produce this film and we need your support!
You can donate to the film in the follwing ways:
1. Through our website: www.neighborhoodalertfilm.com
2. CashApp: $NAFilm
3. PayPal: [email protected]
4. Zelle: [email protected]
“If Africans do not tell their own stories, Africa will soon disappear.” So said Ousmane Sembène, the legendary Senegalese auteur. Over the last many decades, A...
“If Africans do not tell their own stories, Africa will soon disappear.” So said Ousmane Sembène, the legendary Senegalese auteur. Over the last many decades, African filmmakers have not only affirmed the existence of the continent on the world stage but created an entirely unique and vibrant language of cinema. This year’s New York African Film Festival showcases a number of facets of this kaleidoscopic film landscape, with works by veteran auteurs, emerging talents, diasporic voices, and pioneering women.
To celebrate the 28th NYAFF and Black History Month, we presented a special panel discussion on the past, present, and future of African cinema with the filmmakers Gaston Kaboré (Wend Kuuni; Buud Yam), Ngozi Onwurah (The Body Beautiful; Shoot the Messenger), Amjad Abu Alala (You Will Die at Twenty), and Hlumela Matika (Tab). Moderated by curator and scholar June Givanni. Translation for Mr. Kaboré provided by Nicholas Elliott.
Film at Lincoln Center Free Talks are presented by HBO.
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“If Africans do not tell their own stories, Africa will soon disappear.” So said Ousmane Sembène, the legendary Senegalese auteur. Over the last many decades, African filmmakers have not only affirmed the existence of the continent on the world stage but created an entirely unique and vibrant language of cinema. This year’s New York African Film Festival showcases a number of facets of this kaleidoscopic film landscape, with works by veteran auteurs, emerging talents, diasporic voices, and pioneering women.
To celebrate the 28th NYAFF and Black History Month, we presented a special panel discussion on the past, present, and future of African cinema with the filmmakers Gaston Kaboré (Wend Kuuni; Buud Yam), Ngozi Onwurah (The Body Beautiful; Shoot the Messenger), Amjad Abu Alala (You Will Die at Twenty), and Hlumela Matika (Tab). Moderated by curator and scholar June Givanni. Translation for Mr. Kaboré provided by Nicholas Elliott.
Film at Lincoln Center Free Talks are presented by HBO.
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With its title co-opted from a fierce track by New York rappers Public Enemy, Ngozi Onwurah's sole feature to date is a rough diamond of 1990s British cinema, a...
With its title co-opted from a fierce track by New York rappers Public Enemy, Ngozi Onwurah's sole feature to date is a rough diamond of 1990s British cinema, a harrowing blast of grungy exploitation. It begins with a haunting prologue set in North Carolina in 1652, where an Ibo family calmly drown themselves rather than succumb to the chains of slavery. It then jumps forward to immerse the viewer in a fetid slum of the near-future - the titular Terrordome - where drugs, crime and racism are as rife as the brutality visited upon the majority black inhabitants by the police.
The first film directed by a black British woman to receive a UK theatrical release, this low-budget yet visually imaginative work was widely derided at the time, but it should be commended for its eyebrow-scorching passion. Moreover, it forges surprising links between near-mythical pasts and imagined futures to provoke prickly questions about contemporary race relations, police brutality and the limits of 'progress'.
With its title co-opted from a fierce track by New York rappers Public Enemy, Ngozi Onwurah's sole feature to date is a rough diamond of 1990s British cinema, a harrowing blast of grungy exploitation. It begins with a haunting prologue set in North Carolina in 1652, where an Ibo family calmly drown themselves rather than succumb to the chains of slavery. It then jumps forward to immerse the viewer in a fetid slum of the near-future - the titular Terrordome - where drugs, crime and racism are as rife as the brutality visited upon the majority black inhabitants by the police.
The first film directed by a black British woman to receive a UK theatrical release, this low-budget yet visually imaginative work was widely derided at the time, but it should be commended for its eyebrow-scorching passion. Moreover, it forges surprising links between near-mythical pasts and imagined futures to provoke prickly questions about contemporary race relations, police brutality and the limits of 'progress'.
This video showcases top 10 Ozploitation movies.
Ozploitation movies are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy and action films – made i...
This video showcases top 10 Ozploitation movies.
Ozploitation movies are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.
You can also write your favourite 10 top Ozploitation movies, in the comments section below.
Wake In Fright, Best Ozploitation Movies, Top 10 Ozploitation Movies, Not Quite Hollywood, Best Ozploitation Films, Razorback, Top 10 Ozploitation Films, The Man From Hong Kong
You can also check other ‘Top 10’ videos -
Top 10 FRENCH NEW WAVE Films - https://youtu.be/FeaQOVBuoCQ
Top 10 JEAN LUC GODARD Movies - https://youtu.be/N3O31PVT2so
Top 10 INGMAR BERGMAN Movies - https://youtu.be/Tg-zNRjnZGE
Top 10 FEDERICO FELLINI Movies - https://youtu.be/1ZRhoKCMRPg
Top 10 HITCHCOCKIAN Films, Not Directed By ALFRED HITCHCOCK - https://youtu.be/BwqLPaKOtSk
Top 25 Horror Movie JUMP SCARES - https://youtu.be/ntO9UALSPmk
Top 10 AGATHA CHRISTIE Movies Adaptations - https://youtu.be/5Ko_YdBKKBc
You can visit our other channel 'ADYFILK MOVIE REVIEWS' here -
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#ozploitation, #ozploitationmovies, #madmax
This video showcases top 10 Ozploitation movies.
Ozploitation movies are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.
You can also write your favourite 10 top Ozploitation movies, in the comments section below.
Wake In Fright, Best Ozploitation Movies, Top 10 Ozploitation Movies, Not Quite Hollywood, Best Ozploitation Films, Razorback, Top 10 Ozploitation Films, The Man From Hong Kong
You can also check other ‘Top 10’ videos -
Top 10 FRENCH NEW WAVE Films - https://youtu.be/FeaQOVBuoCQ
Top 10 JEAN LUC GODARD Movies - https://youtu.be/N3O31PVT2so
Top 10 INGMAR BERGMAN Movies - https://youtu.be/Tg-zNRjnZGE
Top 10 FEDERICO FELLINI Movies - https://youtu.be/1ZRhoKCMRPg
Top 10 HITCHCOCKIAN Films, Not Directed By ALFRED HITCHCOCK - https://youtu.be/BwqLPaKOtSk
Top 25 Horror Movie JUMP SCARES - https://youtu.be/ntO9UALSPmk
Top 10 AGATHA CHRISTIE Movies Adaptations - https://youtu.be/5Ko_YdBKKBc
You can visit our other channel 'ADYFILK MOVIE REVIEWS' here -
https://www.youtube.com/c/AdyfilkMovieReviews
#ozploitation, #ozploitationmovies, #madmax
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From 25-27 January, the Black Film Bulletin presented The Gaze on the Cinema of Ideas, a collection of short films by trailblazing British filmmakers from the African-Caribbean diaspora: Dreaming Rivers (dir. Martina Attille, 1988), Coffee Coloured Children (dir. Ngozi Onwurah, 1988) and Concrete Garden (dir. Alrick Riley, 1994).
Alongside the films, we held this Q&A with Dr June Givanni, founding editor of the Black Film Bulletin, and writer Jennifer G. Robinson, founder of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, to discuss the films in the programme.
Recorded on Wednesday 26 January 2022.
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From 25-27 January, the Black Film Bulletin presented The Gaze on the Cinema of Ideas, a collection of short films by trailblazing British filmmakers from the African-Caribbean diaspora: Dreaming Rivers (dir. Martina Attille, 1988), Coffee Coloured Children (dir. Ngozi Onwurah, 1988) and Concrete Garden (dir. Alrick Riley, 1994).
Alongside the films, we held this Q&A with Dr June Givanni, founding editor of the Black Film Bulletin, and writer Jennifer G. Robinson, founder of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, to discuss the films in the programme.
Recorded on Wednesday 26 January 2022.
#CinemaOfIdeas
Ngozi Onwurah, joins Karen McMullen in a conversation about Ngozi's films Coffee Colored Children and Shoot the Messenger.
Under the banner Streaming Rivers: The Past into the Present, the New York African Film Festival is now underway through December 6 with a spotlight on the cinema of two nations: Nigeria and the Sudan. Get tickets nationwide: https://www.filmlinc.org/african
More info: http://filmlinc.org
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Перегляньте фільм безкоштовно у межах онлайн-кінофестивалю «7+7».
Watch the film for free at the ''7+7'' online festival.
Офіційний сайт фестивалю / Official website — 7plus7.takflix.com
Розклад показів і подій / Event schedule — https://7plus7.takflix.com/uk#schedule
Кінопропрограма / Programme — https://7plus7.takflix.com/uk/films
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Inspired by a true story, NEIGHBORHOOD ALERT is a film about a mother who makes an extraordinary decision to ensure the safety of her son. Directed by award winning writer and director, Ngozi Onwurah, this film will force viewers to examine how they contribute to the violence that harms Black people as they navigate their daily lives.
Writer/Director - Ngozi Onwurah
Producers - Saffron Burrows, Suzie Green-Tedesco, Sharifa Johka
Executive Producers: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Dina LaPolt, Simon Onwurah, Joel Chikapa Phiri, and Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri
Co-Producer - Laney Brabson
We are raising $30K to produce this film and we need your support!
You can donate to the film in the follwing ways:
1. Through our website: www.neighborhoodalertfilm.com
2. CashApp: $NAFilm
3. PayPal: [email protected]
4. Zelle: [email protected]
“If Africans do not tell their own stories, Africa will soon disappear.” So said Ousmane Sembène, the legendary Senegalese auteur. Over the last many decades, African filmmakers have not only affirmed the existence of the continent on the world stage but created an entirely unique and vibrant language of cinema. This year’s New York African Film Festival showcases a number of facets of this kaleidoscopic film landscape, with works by veteran auteurs, emerging talents, diasporic voices, and pioneering women.
To celebrate the 28th NYAFF and Black History Month, we presented a special panel discussion on the past, present, and future of African cinema with the filmmakers Gaston Kaboré (Wend Kuuni; Buud Yam), Ngozi Onwurah (The Body Beautiful; Shoot the Messenger), Amjad Abu Alala (You Will Die at Twenty), and Hlumela Matika (Tab). Moderated by curator and scholar June Givanni. Translation for Mr. Kaboré provided by Nicholas Elliott.
Film at Lincoln Center Free Talks are presented by HBO.
More info: http://filmlinc.org
Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=filmlincdotcom
Like on Facebook: http://facebook.com/filmlinc
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With its title co-opted from a fierce track by New York rappers Public Enemy, Ngozi Onwurah's sole feature to date is a rough diamond of 1990s British cinema, a harrowing blast of grungy exploitation. It begins with a haunting prologue set in North Carolina in 1652, where an Ibo family calmly drown themselves rather than succumb to the chains of slavery. It then jumps forward to immerse the viewer in a fetid slum of the near-future - the titular Terrordome - where drugs, crime and racism are as rife as the brutality visited upon the majority black inhabitants by the police.
The first film directed by a black British woman to receive a UK theatrical release, this low-budget yet visually imaginative work was widely derided at the time, but it should be commended for its eyebrow-scorching passion. Moreover, it forges surprising links between near-mythical pasts and imagined futures to provoke prickly questions about contemporary race relations, police brutality and the limits of 'progress'.
This video showcases top 10 Ozploitation movies.
Ozploitation movies are exploitation films – a category of low-budget horror, comedy and action films – made in Australia after the introduction of the R rating in 1971.
You can also write your favourite 10 top Ozploitation movies, in the comments section below.
Wake In Fright, Best Ozploitation Movies, Top 10 Ozploitation Movies, Not Quite Hollywood, Best Ozploitation Films, Razorback, Top 10 Ozploitation Films, The Man From Hong Kong
You can also check other ‘Top 10’ videos -
Top 10 FRENCH NEW WAVE Films - https://youtu.be/FeaQOVBuoCQ
Top 10 JEAN LUC GODARD Movies - https://youtu.be/N3O31PVT2so
Top 10 INGMAR BERGMAN Movies - https://youtu.be/Tg-zNRjnZGE
Top 10 FEDERICO FELLINI Movies - https://youtu.be/1ZRhoKCMRPg
Top 10 HITCHCOCKIAN Films, Not Directed By ALFRED HITCHCOCK - https://youtu.be/BwqLPaKOtSk
Top 25 Horror Movie JUMP SCARES - https://youtu.be/ntO9UALSPmk
Top 10 AGATHA CHRISTIE Movies Adaptations - https://youtu.be/5Ko_YdBKKBc
You can visit our other channel 'ADYFILK MOVIE REVIEWS' here -
https://www.youtube.com/c/AdyfilkMovieReviews
#ozploitation, #ozploitationmovies, #madmax
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From 25-27 January, the Black Film Bulletin presented The Gaze on the Cinema of Ideas, a collection of short films by trailblazing British filmmakers from the African-Caribbean diaspora: Dreaming Rivers (dir. Martina Attille, 1988), Coffee Coloured Children (dir. Ngozi Onwurah, 1988) and Concrete Garden (dir. Alrick Riley, 1994).
Alongside the films, we held this Q&A with Dr June Givanni, founding editor of the Black Film Bulletin, and writer Jennifer G. Robinson, founder of Women Of The Lens Film Festival, to discuss the films in the programme.
Recorded on Wednesday 26 January 2022.
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Ngozi Onwurah is a British-Nigerian film director, producer, model, and lecturer.
Early life
Ngozi Onwurah was born in 1966 in Nigeria to a Nigerian father, and a whiteBritish mother, Madge Onwurah.
She has one sibling, Simon Onwurah. As children, Onwurah's mother was forced to flee with her children from Nigeria in order to escape a Civil War. They fled to England, where
Ngozi and Simon spent the majority of their childhood. During their youth, they endured much racial discrimination, which influenced many of her films.
Career
Films
Coffee Colored Children (1988)
This film is a performative, autobiographical, experimental, and ethnographic piece that explores the inner feelings of growing up in a mixed race household. The film shows mixed race children experiencing racial harassment and isolation as a result of their skin tones.
Two children, one boy and one girl, are featured in the film and shown powdering their faces with white cleaning solution and scrubbing
their skin raw in order to rid themselves of the self-hatred they feel as a result of their dark skin tones. The film shows such stereotypes
as the "Tragic Mulatto", but challenges this by featuring Ngozi and her brother Simon Onwurah being exceptions to the stereotype.Coffee Colored Children addresses the idea of a "melting pot" society and challenges it by suggesting that it should be called the "incinerator".
... chaired this year by Rajendra Roy, who has served as co-chair for the last three years, and Ngozi Onwurah, a filmmaker from the Short Films Branch who is replacing director Susanne Bier as a co-chair.
Just eat it, it's good for you ... Ngozi Onwurah's CoffeeColoredChildren, a semiautobiographical tale from Nigeria, follows a young biracial brother and sister who try to scour their bodies white after being harassed about their color ... (213) 896-8221 ... .
This year’s Master Class presented by AFF will feature veteran independent filmmaker Ngozi Onwurah, who will discuss the craft of utilizing cinema as a tool for unmasking the dynamics of the socioeconomic status quo ... Ngozi Onwurah, 2024, U.S., 30m.
Some of our best filmmakers, such as Terence Davies and Joanna Hogg, are studiously ignored by Bafta voters, and Black British directors Menelik Shabazz, Horace Ové and Ngozi Onwurah innovated without ...