Ngozi Onwurah – MRQE

Shoot the Messenger

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shoot the Messenger follows one man’s painful journey towards self-discovery. On the way he finds both his own attitudes and the expectations of his community challenged.

Welcome II the Terrordome

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Monday’s Girls

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

“Monday’s Girls” explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in today’s Africa through the eyes of two young Waikiriki women from the Niger delta. Although both come from leading families in the same large island town, Florence looks at the iria women’s initiation ceremony as an honor, while Azikiwe, who has lived in the city for ten years, sees it as an indignity.

And Still I Rise

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Inspired by Maya Angelous poetry, Onwurah explores fears and fascinations about black women.

The Body Beautiful

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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 Onwurahs brave excursion into her mothers 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.