Zina Saro-Wiwa Trailers
OPERA DI MUXARO: Ballante dell’Africana Errante TrailerSong of the Medicine Man TrailerKum: Soul of the Shadow Trailer
Most Popular Zina Saro-Wiwa Trailers
Total trailers found: 14
Karikpo Pipeline Trailer (2015)
10 July 2015
The Karikpo masquerade - a traditional dance of the Ogoni tribe - is transposed onto the remnants of a faded oil industry programme in the Niger delta.
This Is My Africa Trailer (2008)
01 April 2008
Interviewees discuss the memories, tastes and experiences that they associate with Africa for a personal vision of the continent.
The Deliverance of Comfort Trailer (2010)
19 March 2010
Short satirical fable about a 'child witch' called Comfort. The Deliverance of Comfort is a critical and densely-layered response to the belief in child witches in some parts of rural Nigeria and Africa.
Phyllis Trailer (2011)
07 April 2011
Phyllis is a moving and atmospheric portrait of a ‘psychic’ vampire, a woman obsessed with synthetic Nollywood dramas, that lives alone in Lagos, Nigeria.
OPERA DI MUXARO: Ballante dell’Africana Errante Trailer (2026)
15 April 2026
“Opera di Muxaro: Ballata dell’Africana Errante” (Ballad of the Wandering African) is a new short film by British-Nigerian artist Zina Saro-Wiwa shot entirely in Sant’Angelo di Muxaro in the Agrigento region of Sicily.
Worrying The Mask: The Politics of Authenticity and Contemporaneity in the Worlds of African Art Trailer (2020)
01 January 2020
In this seminal performance-lecture-film, artist Zina Saro-Wiwa navigates the moral, philosophical and cultural conundrums that arise from the very existence of contemporary traditional African art.
Invisible Man: The Weight of Absence Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
The Invisible Man is a series of works made between 2014 and 2016 in Ogoniland, Zina Saro-Wiwa’s ancestral homeland and the site of one of the most catastrophic international clashes between Big Oil and indigenous farmers.
Mourning Class: Nollywood Trailer (2011)
01 January 2011
For this installation, each actress was asked to sit in front of the camera – baring their shoulders and covering their heads – and cry when prompted by Zina.
Song of the Medicine Man Trailer (2023)
01 January 2023
“Song of the Medicine Man" (approx 40mins) is a multichannel video work by Zina Saro-Wiwa, delving into the complex landscapes of herbal medicine in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on the Niger Delta region, central to the artist's practice.
Eaten By The Heart Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
The video performance of the Eaten By The Heart series is represented by a 62-minute video installation featuring 12 different African and diasporic couples kissing for between 4 and 7 minutes each and a trilogy of short documentary films that explore love and heartbreak in the black diaspora.
Kum: Soul of the Shadow Trailer (2021)
01 January 2021
In the deeply meditative, 40-minute video triptych Kum: Soul of the Shadow (2021), we are confronted with a magnificent ancient Banyan tree that occupies a central place in an Ogoni village, around which the community gathers to make important decisions.
Sarogua Mourning Trailer (2012)
01 January 2012
In 2011, Zina made Sarogua Mourning, a video installation that confronted her inability to mourn her father’s death and explored the relationship between performance and catharsis.
Niger Delta: A Documentary Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
Niger Delta: A Documentary is a looped video that was shot at a beachfront in Ogoniland. A red plastic chair sits, apparently unoccupied, with the Omo river flowing behind it.
