Dear Omolere
England / 2022 / 2m / English
In-Person: Sat 24 June / 14:30 BST
Online: 23 - 29 June
A visual poem inspired by Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir Dear Senthuran, tracing stories of elders through a present-day journey across the British countryside.
Mojereoma Ajayi-Egunjobi contains the memories of her ancestors, bearing both a lingering trauma passed down through generations and a sense of shared resilience. While moving through a woodland setting, Mojere, on crutches, reflects on the burdens that weigh her down - a relenting permanence, grief, an overwhelming sense of emotional fragility more delicate than the thinnest thread. She is joined in her thoughts by her grandmother, who remains an important figure in the artist’s spiritual life. Dear Omolere (2022) is a powerful performance that speaks to disability, spirituality and the strength that can be found when you allow yourself to be guided by the will of those who came before you; those who overcame and continued their journeys.
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Written and Directed by Mojereoma Ajayi-Egunjobi
Filmed by Hannah Adereti
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Captions by Sarya Wu
British Sign Language by Grace Buckle
BSL Editing by Tao-Anas Le Thanh
Audio Descriptions provided by the International Digital Centre
Listen to…
Filmmaker Mojereoma Ajayi-Egunjobi talk about Dear Omolere in our Audio Programme, Before the Applause - available wherever you get your podcasts.
Read Response
Communing with our ancestors to sever the past
A Response to Dear Omolere, written by Memuna Konteh