PassesAccessibility
2026
Experimental(Philadelphia Premiere)

Nwanne M Nwaanyị

A film still from Nwanne M Nwaanyị shows two Black people wrapped in a close embrace, facing up. Their face and body shine in the yellow light while their surroundings are dark. Their eyes are closed and their expressions are peaceful.

Nwanne M Nwaanyị is a visual stem that traces the intangible roots two sisters share, tethered by something far stronger than blood and deeper than soil. They meet again at the first place they ever called home, the womb, to cry out the songs of their mother’s mother, those only an Igbo woman knows the tune to.

Screenings

Virtual

Availability BeginsSunday, August 95:30PM EDT

Directors Spotlight

Chiemeka Offor

Director

Chiemeka Offor is a Nigerian-American image maker based in NYC. Her practice explores poetic visual storytelling and performance, centering the lives and legacies of the African diaspora. She molds communal narratives through autofiction and phantasmagoria, often using self-portraits to emphasize our individual roles in collective healing.

Year
2026
Runtime
3 minutes
Country
Nigeria
Language
Igbo
Director
Chiemeka Offor
Screenwriters
Chiemeka Offor, Deborah Teniola Ode

Producer
Chiemeka Offor
Cast
Ngozi Mokwunye, Sydney Worthy
Cinematographers
Réal Gill, Chiemeka Offor

Editor
Chiemeka Offor

Production Design
Chiemeka Offor

Composer
Kailyn Williams
Sound Design
Kailyn Williams
Premiere
Philadelphia

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