Film Archives - Iquo B. Essien | Writer and Director

Short Film New York, I Love You by Iquo Essien starring MaameYaa Boafo and Zainab Jah

“New York, I Love You” on Shorts TV

My short film “New York, I Love You,” starring MaameYaa Boafo, Momo Dione, and Zainab Jah, will again be airing on Shorts TV (DirecTV Channel 573) today Friday, ...

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#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: My Interview on Shadow and Act

Thanks Shadow & Act for this great profile of my work, part of Tambay Obenson’s #BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak series highlighting 33 women filmmakers. Read the excerpt ...

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My FESPACO Diary: A Filmmaker’s Journey to Africa’s Oscars

After an October 2014 coup toppled the 27-year presidency of Blaise Compaoré, most thought the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) would ...

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Selma and the American-ness of the Academy (Gawker)

Last week, I attended a screening of Ava DuVernay’s Selma about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1965 voting rights marches of Alabama. Desperate for inspiration, ...

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“New York, I Love You” on Shorts TV

Aug 10, 2018 By by Iquo Essien

#BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: My Interview on Shadow and Act

Jul 28, 2018 By by Iquo Essien

My FESPACO Diary: A Filmmaker’s Journey to Africa’s Oscars

Mar 13, 2015 By by Iquo Essien

Selma and the American-ness of the Academy (Gawker)

Dec 30, 2014 By by Iquo Essien