Simon Onwurah Movies
- 2011
Wreckers
Wreckers5.32011HD
A married couple move back to his childhood village to start a family but a surprise visit from the husband's brother ignites sibling rivalry and...
- 1994
Memsahib Rita
Memsahib Rita01994HD
Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the...
- 1991
The Body Beautiful
The Body Beautiful61991HD
This bold, stunning exploration of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her Black daughter who embarks on a modeling career reveals...
- 1995
Welcome II the Terrordome
Welcome II the Terrordome5.91995HD
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...
- 1992
And Still I Rise
And Still I Rise71992HD
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.
- 1992
Flight of the Swan
Flight of the Swan01992HD
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...
- 1995
The Desired Number
The Desired Number81995HD
This short documentary examines multiple facets of Nigeria’s cultural attitudes towards pregnancy, women’s productive options, and the...
- 1988
Coffee Coloured Children
Coffee Coloured Children6.51988HD
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...
- 2018
The Pharaoh in the Suburb: Uncovered
The Pharaoh in the Suburb: Uncovered82018HD
A chance find in a suburb of Cairo has shed new light on an all but forgotten Pharaoh, Psamtik I. Discovered in 2017, an eight-tonne fragment of a...
- 1992
Kanga
Kanga01992HD
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.