The film revisions the Aba Women’s War, the first major anti-colonial uprisings in Nigeria, using embodiment, gesture and the archive. The film is structured around the repurposing of archival films from the British propaganda arm cut against a gestural evocation of the women’s testimonies. (Onyeka Igwe)
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Film details
- Productieland
- UK
- Jaar
- 2017
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2018
- Lengte
- 6'
- Medium/Formaat
- DCP
