Most Popular Simon Onwurah Trailers
Total trailers found: 11
Mama Africa Trailer (2002)
07 June 2002
In 1997, six African women pledged that in the first year of the new millennium they would tell their stories, stories by African women.
The Pharaoh in the Suburb: Uncovered Trailer (2018)
27 August 2018
A chance find in a suburb of Cairo has shed new light on an all but forgotten Pharaoh, Psamtik I. Dis
Memsahib Rita Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism.
Wreckers Trailer (2011)
16 December 2011
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 exposes the lies embedded in the couple's relationship.
And Still I Rise Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.
Coffee Coloured Children Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
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.
The Body Beautiful Trailer (1991)
03 October 1991
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.
Flight of the Swan Trailer (1992)
09 October 1992
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'.
Welcome II the Terrordome Trailer (1995)
20 January 1995
Spike and his sister Anjela live in the Terrordome, a huge ghetto that all the blacks have been forced to live in.
Kanga Trailer (1992)
21 August 1992
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.
The Desired Number Trailer (1995)
09 September 1995
This short documentary examines multiple facets of Nigeria’s cultural attitudes towards pregnancy, women’s productive options, and the familial structure.
