The visual reference point for the video comes from Nkiru’s parents’ Ikwerre tribe. In their Oboni ceremony, they channel the spirit through repetition, instrumentation and movement, going deeper with each tone until it becomes transcendent. Nkiru gives the women in the video the choreography and codes to also go deeper into that spirit-space.
Also in this combined programme
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Black to Techno
Techno, a futuristic sound falling into the legacy of Black music, but not often celebrated as such. Featuring cameos from Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, Detroi -
Random Acts of Flyness: They Won’t Go When I Go (Director’s Cut)
A late-night series exploring evergreen cultural idioms such as patriarchy, white supremacy and sensuality from a new, thought-provoking perspective. -
Guisado on Sunset
Missed connection regret at that one late-night spot. The kind you can’t quite remember right, until it starts to look like something else.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
