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Lotanna is a filmmaker, animator and journalist with a keen interest in history and diverse cultures. She leverages the mediums of photography, animation, and film to craft engaging nonfiction stories while offering invaluable cultural, historical, and political insights relevant to our contemporary world.

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What's in a Name (trailer) — Director & Animator
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What's in a Name combines hand-painted animation, thousands of intricately crafted frames, and archival footage to explore themes of identity, memory, erasure, and the lingering effects of colonization on the Igbo people of Nigeria.
The R.O.L.E — Director & Animator
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Through the lens of Nigeria's 2023 Elections, this documentary exposes the Western world's tendency to hold African countries to lower human rights and decency standards compared to other regions of the world.
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Lotanna is a filmmaker, animator and journalist with a keen interest in history and diverse cultures. She leverages the mediums of photography, animation, and film to craft engaging nonfiction stories while offering invaluable cultural, historical, and political insights relevant to our contemporary world.

Education

  • Central Saint Martins (UAL) — Master of Arts, Character Animation
  • New York University — Bachelor of Arts, Major: Economics  |  Minor: Film Production

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  • The War Archive — Founder & Executive Director
  • NABJ-Microsoft Storytelling Fellow

Selected Works & Recognition

🎬 What's in a Name (2025) — Official selections:

  • Frame by Frame Festival (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Vancouver Black Independent Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada)
  • AfryKamera African Film Festival (Wroclaw, Poland)
  • Chicago Film Symposium (Chicago, Illinois)
  • BLAC Film Festival (Chattanooga, TN)
  • The Women's Voices Now Film Festival

📸 Celebration of Life (2021) — Exhibited at:

  • The Griffin Museum of Photography, Gathering Place: A Family Album (2025)
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What's in a Name combines hand-painted animation, thousands of intricately crafted frames, and archival footage to explore themes of identity, memory, erasure, and the lingering effects of colonization on the Igbo people of Nigeria.
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Through the lens of Nigeria's 2023 Elections, this documentary exposes the Western world's tendency to hold African countries to lower human rights and decency standards compared to other regions of the world.
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