Beautifully shot short film about the fate of 10,000 residents displaced after a thriving market in Ajelogo, a neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, was destroyed by local authorities. The film is told through the perspective of one of the residents. The director is Charles “Stretch” Ledford, a University of Miami communications student and working photographer. (Be sure to also check out his work on Overtown, a black working class neighborhood of Miami.)
Via Jeremy Weate.
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Thanks for sharing this film. Superbly respectful of the market residents in raising awareness of their shocking poverty. I’ve included it on a post on my blog