Ife Olatunji is a practicing visual anthropologist specializing in observational cinema and longitudinal ethnographic fieldwork.

 

Ife has conducted comparative observational fieldwork in Brazil, Ghana, the Dominican Republic, India, Nigeria, Mexico, and most recently, Thailand, Peru, and Greece. Through short ethnographic films, she works with women, girls, and children to examine complex social issues. She makes films that document the daily lives of people of color, especially women, using cinéma vérité.

 

Ife is known for creating a space where stories are told for the people, by the people. Her projects tend to include the themes of racism, gender, ethnicity, identity construction, and the impact of politics on everyday life.

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Ife has worked for Participant Media, and Kartemquin Films, among other academic institutions. Ife continues her work as a photographer and documentary filmmaker in LA.