Olamma Oparah

Olamma Oparah is a writer and filmmaker based in Atlanta. She wrote the horror satire Auntie, and directed the short film Laundry Day, co-written with cinematographer Colbie Fray, which is about “when a mother and daughter are at odds, a visitor from their past intervenes to remind them how to clean their dirty laundry.”

Films


REST INTUIT

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Stream on Vimeo
(2024)

A rumination, designed to imprint onto its viewers as a reminder that rest is the key source of imagination- and the key source of resistance.

The Importance of a House

Stream on Vimeo
(2021)

The Importance of a House examines the home as a sanctuary.

No One Heals Without Dying

Stream on Vimeo
(2021)

An exploration of Black motherhood.

Laundry Day

Stream on Film Freeway
(2019)

When mother and daughter are at odds, a visitor from their past intervenes to remind them to clean their dirty laundry.