Okwui Okpokwasili

Okwui Okpokwasili (born August 6, 1972) is an Igbo-Nigerian American artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theatre, and she describes her work as at "the intersection of theatre, dance, and the installation." Several of her works relate to historical events in Nigeria. She is especially interested in subjects of cultural and historical memory and how the Western imagination perceives of African bodies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Interpreter (2005)

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Sean Penn  •  Catherine Keener  •  Jesper Christensen

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney Pollack
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Sean Penn  •  Catherine Keener  •  Jesper Christensen

The Hoax (2006)

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström
CAST:  Julie Delpy  •  Richard Gere  •  John Carter  •  David Aaron Baker

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lasse Hallström
CAST:  Julie Delpy  •  Richard Gere  •  John Carter  •  David Aaron Baker

I Am Legend (2007)

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Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Lawrence
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Alice Braga  •  Charlie Tahan  •  Willow Smith

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Lawrence
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Alice Braga  •  Charlie Tahan  •  Willow Smith

Her Composition (2015)

A college music student turns to prostitution to make a little cash and look for inspiration, as she has blocked on a major musical composition that she must create in order to graduate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephan Littger
CAST:  Joslyn Jensen  •  Ryan Metcalf  •  Paul Helou  •  Matthew Rosenberg

A college music student turns to prostitution to make a little cash and look for inspiration, as she has blocked on a major musical composition that she must create in order to graduate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephan Littger
CAST:  Joslyn Jensen  •  Ryan Metcalf  •  Paul Helou  •  Matthew Rosenberg

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014)

A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julie Taymor
CAST:  Tina Benko  •  Zach Appelman  •  Olivia Bak  •  Marcus Bellamy

A recording of Julie Taymor's New York stage production of William Shakespeare's comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julie Taymor
CAST:  Tina Benko  •  Zach Appelman  •  Olivia Bak  •  Marcus Bellamy

Madeline's Madeline (2018)

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josephine Decker
CAST:  Helena Howard  •  Molly Parker  •  Miranda July  •  Okwui Okpokwasili

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josephine Decker
CAST:  Helena Howard  •  Molly Parker  •  Miranda July  •  Okwui Okpokwasili

Bronx Gothic (2017)

From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, BRONX GOTHIC. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Rossi
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili

From director Andrew Rossi (PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY) comes an electrifying portrait of writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili and her acclaimed one-woman show, BRONX GOTHIC. Rooted in memories of her childhood, Okwui – who’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Rossi
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili

Altostratus: An Allegory (2020)

Altostratus clouds are grey or blue grey. The sun or moon may shine through these clouds but it's signaling that a storm is on the way. This is a piece involving movement, sound, and text. It is meant to hold a space for reflection, to consider what hangs above us ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okwui Okpokwasili
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili

Altostratus clouds are grey or blue grey. The sun or moon may shine through these clouds but it's signaling that a storm is on the way. This is a piece involving movement, sound, and text. It is meant to hold a space for reflection, to consider what hangs above us ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Okwui Okpokwasili
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili

It's Not About Jimmy Keene (2019)

The police shooting of an unarmed black teen causes friction within a mixed-race Los Angeles family. Ivan, the youngest sibling, is stalked by visions of Jimmy Keene’s floating corpse. Torn between the opposing worldviews of his two older sisters, Ivan searches for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caleb Jaffe
CAST:  Caleb Jaffe  •  Roger Guenveur Smith  •  Gabrielle Maiden  •  Okwui Okpokwasili

The police shooting of an unarmed black teen causes friction within a mixed-race Los Angeles family. Ivan, the youngest sibling, is stalked by visions of Jimmy Keene’s floating corpse. Torn between the opposing worldviews of his two older sisters, Ivan searches for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caleb Jaffe
CAST:  Caleb Jaffe  •  Roger Guenveur Smith  •  Gabrielle Maiden  •  Okwui Okpokwasili

Master (2022)

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariama Diallo
CAST:  Regina Hall  •  Zoë Renee  •  Talia Ryder  •  Amber Gray

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, two black women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past… and present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariama Diallo
CAST:  Regina Hall  •  Zoë Renee  •  Talia Ryder  •  Amber Gray

The Exorcist: Believer (2023)

When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Gordon Green
CAST:  Leslie Odom Jr.  •  Ellen Burstyn  •  Ann Dowd  •  Lidya Jewett

When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter fifty years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Gordon Green
CAST:  Leslie Odom Jr.  •  Ellen Burstyn  •  Ann Dowd  •  Lidya Jewett

Remote (2022)

Finding new cinematic language to express the desire for physical contact in our increasingly isolated, mediated, and highly consumer-driven environments, Remote follows the daily routines of a quarantined woman in her sealed-off, ultra-modern apartment, where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Rottenberg  •  Mahyad Tousi
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili  •  Pooya Mohseni  •  Nikita Tewani  •  Antonia Predovan

Finding new cinematic language to express the desire for physical contact in our increasingly isolated, mediated, and highly consumer-driven environments, Remote follows the daily routines of a quarantined woman in her sealed-off, ultra-modern apartment, where she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Rottenberg  •  Mahyad Tousi
CAST:  Okwui Okpokwasili  •  Pooya Mohseni  •  Nikita Tewani  •  Antonia Predovan