With a forensic lens, Onyeka Igwe's A So-Called Archive interrogate the decomposing repositories of Empire. Blending footage shot over the past year in two separate colonial archive buildings - one in Lagos, Nigeria, and the other in Bristol, United Kingdom - this double portrait considers the 'sonic shadows' that colonial images continue to generate, despite the disintegration of the memory and their materials. It mixes the genres of the radio play, the corporate video tour and detective noir, with a haunting and critical approach to the horror of discovery.
Unfortunately the movie A So-Called Archive is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Onyeka Igwe | Director |
Production | Omowunmi Ogundipe | Producer |
Camera | Morgan K. Spencer | Director of Photography |
Camera | Segun Adekoya | First Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Adeleke Ezekiel | Gaffer |
Camera | Idris Shokanbi | Key Grip |
Sound | Sunday Agesugba | Sound Recordist |
Crew | Sunday Okem | Generator Operator |
Crew | Anselm Niemchi | Driver |
Camera | Philipp Morozov | First Assistant Camera |
Lighting | Meshach Falconer-Roberts | Gaffer |
Production | Reba Martin | Production Assistant |
Sound | Onyeka Igwe | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Shenece Oretha | Music |
Sound | Richy Carey | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Richy Carey | Sound Mixer |
Editing | Katherine Jamieson | Colorist |
Camera | Rosie Taylor | Director of Photography |