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Trouble Sleep

Short Films • 40m

Directed by Alain Kassanda • Documentary • 2020 • 41 minutes

Kassanda’s freewheeling urban portrait follows two young men, Fred and Akin, as they navigate the crowded roadways of Ibadan, Nigeria’s third largest city. Engineering graduate Fred is beginning a new job as a taxi driver, while Akin patrols a busy intersection collecting tax for the National Transport Union. As they traverse the frenetic streets, the systems and networks that underlie the city begin to be exposed, revealing the order that lies beneath all the noise and apparent chaos. Punctuated by exuberant musical sequences, TROUBLE SLEEP is a dynamic, impressionistic city symphony capturing Ibadan’s distinct rhythms from a street-level perspective.

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africa, african studies, anthropology and archaeology, area studies, business, cultural and ethnic studies, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, doc, documentary, environmental anthropology, expository, geography, globalization, human geography, ibadan, icarus films, informal sector, labor and economics, labor studies, local economies, nigeria, ovid, sectors, social studies, sociology, sub-saharan africa, transportation sector, trouble sleep, urban planning, urban sociology, urban studies, work, world regions

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