Synopsis
Fred, an unemployed graduate like many young Nigerians, starts a new job as a taximan. Akin, meanwhile, taxes commercial vehicles for the National Transport Union. Both of them move about in the rich urban landscape of Ibadan, where Alain Kassanda's camera choreographs the multiplicity of perspectives and the perpetual balance of power at play.
Credits
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Full credits (8)
- Director of Photography : Alain Kassanda
- Music Composers : Florent Dupuit, Cédric Melot
- Editor : Alain Kassanda
- Sound Recordist : Alain Kassanda
- Producer : Alain Kassanda
- Line Producer : Alain Kassanda
- Sound Editor : Clément Ghirardi
- Sound Mixer : Clément Ghirardi
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
- Themes : Economics, Politics, Poetry
- Production language : English, Yoruba language
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 40 min 29 seconds
- Visa number : 154.887
- Visa issue date : 09/09/2021
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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