Monalisa Chukwuma's Portrait of an Unknown Woman Film Screenings

Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Colour, 97 mins) Film screening. The film is followed by Playing in the Dark installation (2022).

Monalisa Chukwuma’s Portrait of an Unknown Woman (2021, Colour, 97 mins) examines post-conflict memory and trauma concerning Nigeria’s civil war (1967-70).

The film is both a self-portrait, which draws on family history and personal memories, and a recounting of the collective memory of a past event that has been repressed in public constructions of Nigeria’s history.

In making space for the memories of ordinary people living through conflict, the film reflects on the long afterlife of trauma and its transmission down generations.

A further exhibition follows.

Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) is a multiple projection video and text installation in two parts (Colour/Black and white, sound).

Please find us in campus cinema in RHB, The cinema is found through Cafe Thirty-Five on the right-hand corridor of the Richard Hoggart Building. https://www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/cinema/

Dates & times

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4 Jun 2022	11:00am - 12:45pm There are two more screenings on 4 June at 2.00pm and 6.00pm. A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
5 Jun 2022	11:00am - 12:45pm There are two more screenings on 5 June at 2.00pm and 6.00pm. A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
6 Jun 2022	6:00pm - 7:45pm A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
7 Jun 2022	6:00pm - 7:45pm A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
8 Jun 2022	6:00pm - 7:45pm A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
9 Jun 2022	6:00pm - 7:45pm A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
10 Jun 2022	6:00pm - 7:45pm A further exhibition, Playing in the Dark Installation (2022) can be seen at RHB Great Hall. This is open from 11.00am to 9.00pm.	apple google outlook
11 Jun 2022	11:00am - 12:45pm There are two more screenings on 11 June at 2.00pm and 6.00pm.	apple google outlook
12 Jun 2022	11:00am - 12:45pm There are two more screenings on 12 June at 2.00pm and 6.00pm.	apple google outlook

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