2023 | Short Film | Drama | USA | 11mins
When her widowed mother has a male friend over for dinner, an observant Nigerian American teenager acts out, which leads her to a deeper understanding of her mother.
SUPPORT: 2022 recipient of The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre
CAST Lauralie Mufute, Ogo Okafor, Odera Adimorah & Isley Key
WRITER & DIRECTOR Ifeyinwa Arinze
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ebuka Arinze
PRODUCERS Anndi Jinelle Liggett & Rashad Frett
CINEMATOGRAPHER Sofia Camargo Hoyos
PRODUCTION DESIGN Aariyan Googe
COSTUME DESIGN Dan Wang
EDITOR Ifeyinwa Arinze
SOUND DESIGN Judy Kim
SOUND MIX Aidan Reynolds
COMPOSER Quelque Bordon
COLORIST Patrick Devine
FESTIVAL
2023 Aspen Shortfest (World Premiere)
2023 New York African Film Festival (New York Premiere)
2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest
2023 BlackStar Film Festival
2023 Indie Memphis Film Festival
2023 Bushwick Film Festival
2023 Urbanworld Film Festival
2023 TIDE Film Festival
2024 Harbourfront Centre x KUUMBA screening, Toronto, CA
2022 | Short Film | Drama | USA | 9mins
Wrestling with the loss of her mother, a young girl faces her disenchantment with prayer when asked to pray for her grandmother's healing.
WRITER & DIRECTOR Ifeyinwa Arinze
PRODUCERS Maryam Mir & Joseph Rodman
CINEMATOGRAPHER Chheangkea
PRODUCTION & COSTUME DESIGN Lexx Onigbanjo
EDITORS Paul J Wyderka & Macdaleine St. Remy
SOUND MIX & DESIGN Judy Kim
POSTER DESIGN Natalia Mustafa
FEATURING Leah-Kaye Pious-Mbewe, Towela Mbewe & Farah Cine
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS:
2022 New York African Film Festival
2022 Palm Springs International ShortFest
2022 Bushwick Film Festival
2022 TIDE Film Festival (awarded NYWIFT’s Outstanding Woman Content Creator Award)
2020 | Short Film | Documentary | USA | 5mins
In Brooklyn, NY, a doula supports three women as they grapple with their current and future transition into motherhood.
DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER & EDITOR Ifeyinwa Arinze
FEATURING Maiysha Campell with Clarissa, Chrystal and LaToya
Film | Documentary | USA | In Development
Ph.D.ing While Black is an intimate and lyrical documentary about Black female PhD students, how they navigate their academic institutions and the support systems they have, or do not have, access to.
SUPPORT
2024 Tisch Initiative for Creative Research
2024 NYU Alan Landsburg Documentary Production Award
2022 NYU HEAR US Award // Kyoko Arai Fund
2021 HAYDEN5 x VIDEO CONSORTIUM Gear Grant
DIRECTOR Ifeyinwa Arinze
