Simon Onwurah

참여 작품

The Pharaoh in the Suburb: Uncovered
Production Executive
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 statue has led experts to believe that he was, in fact, one of Egypt’s greatest leaders, as this documentary reveals
레커스
Producer
결혼 후 남편의 고향으로 이사해 행복한 나날을 준비하던 데이빗(베네딕트 컴버배치)과 돈(클레어 포이) 부부. 하지만 데이빗의 동생 닉(숀 에반스)의 갑작스러운 등장으로 부부의 평화로운 일상에 균열이 시작된다. 누구보다 믿고 의지했던 남편 데이빗에게 감춰왔던 비밀이 있다는 것을 알고 혼란스러워하는 아내 돈. 데이빗은 닉을 막아보려 전전긍긍하지만, 닉은 자꾸만 돈에게 의미심장한 말들을 흘린다. 커져가는 의심과 실망에 괴로워하는 돈을 바라보며 데이빗은 아내가 자신을 떠날지도 모른다는 불안에 휩싸이는데…
The Desired Number
Producer
This short documentary examines multiple facets of Nigeria’s cultural attitudes towards pregnancy, women’s productive options, and the familial structure.
Welcome II the Terrordome
Producer
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 girlfriend, ran away from an abusive white boyfriend who, after seeing her with Spike, sets up a trap for her. Spike's 11-year old nephew Hector dies as a result of this trap, and Anjela, finding the body of her son, goes on a police-killing rampage. Her apprehension sets off tension between Spike and his brother-in-law, as a race war broods inside the Terrordome.
Memsahib Rita
Line Producer
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 racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.
Flight of the Swan
Producer
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'.
And Still I Rise
Producer
Inspired by Maya Angelou’s poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.
The Body Beautiful
Producer
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. At the heart of Onwurah’s brave excursion into her mother’s scorned sexuality is a provocative interweaving of memory and fantasy. The filmmaker plumbs the depths of maternal strength and daughterly devotion in an unforgettable tribute starring her real-life mother, Madge Onwurah.
Coffee Coloured Children
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.
Coffee Coloured Children
Producer
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.