Ngozi Onwurah
1. Ngozi Onwurah was born in Nigeria and grew up in Great Britian, graduating from UK's National Film and Television School. Her first short film, entitled "Coffee Coloured Children" won first place in the BBC Showreel competition in the UK.
2. After searching multiple sites, these are her films that I found:
• Coffee Coloured Children (1988)
• The Body Beautiful (1991)
• And Still I Rise (1993)
• Monday's Girls (1993)
• Siren Spirits (1994)
• The Desired Number (1995)
• Welcome II the Terrordome (1995)
• Siren Spirits: White Men Are Cracking Up (1996)
• Mama Africa (2002)
• Who Stole the Soul
• Best Wishes
• Fruits of Fear
• I Bring You Frankincense
I was not able to find anywhere to view these films, although they are on sale for educational institutions. However, Coffee Coloured Children was described by the WMM website as a "semi-autobiography" which "conveys the experience of children of mixed racial heritage." Their summary of this 15-minute film is as follows:
“Suffering the aggression of racial harassment, a young girl and her brother attempt to wash their skin white with scouring powder. Starkly emotional and visually compelling, this semi-autobiographical testimony to the profound internalized effects of racism and the struggle for self-definition and pride is a powerful catalyst for discussion.�
3. I was unable to find a site which let me view any of her films, but the Women Make Movies site contains some information about her films, and this link has information about various awards she has won and where her films are shown, which is primarily in Britian.
4. I began looking for filmmakers with a simple google search, which led me to an article from “Literature Film Quarterly� that mentioned Ngozi, and from there I just googled her name and found lots of information.
5. It was a bit difficult at first to know where to look for women of color filmmakers, but once I got a name there was plenty of information and one site led to another.
