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On The Streets of Lagos (2024)
4 years After the END SARS protest, Kayode goes back to the streets of Lagos, Nigeria in search of Queer Narratives /
embedded in the day-to-day experience of the city. With the narrations of a Journalist, an imprisoned Queer person, and a collective of Trans/GNC identities, On the Lagos streets of Lagos highlights intimate stories of survival, community, grief, family, and hope for a minority community in Nigeria.
Director - KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director- KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director Biography - KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Kayode is enacting and documenting African narrative surrounding history, Queerness, places, Women, and Nature, using Productions, Festivals and archives. They are a connoisseur of Nigerian Queer history, with works with the Goethe-Institut Nigeria, House of African Feminism, Witness Change, Where Love is Illegal, The Third Cafe, Wolfgang Tillmans, and FemmeHive amongst others. Kayode is a trained creative and media executive with entrepreneurial training with the Tony Elumelu Foundation, a Terra Academy For Theatre and Art Alumnus, and a Taboom Media Fellow, and recently, an alumnus of the Festival Academy Mystery_45 Atelier with The 2023 European Capital of Culture Eleusus.
A Thomas Reuters Foundation-trained journalist, Kayode works featured on HBO's original documentary "The Legend Of the Underground" as the producer of Queercity Podcast, west Africa's biggest LGBTQI+ podcast, other works like Pride in Lagos have been seen on Teen Vogue, Global Citizen, Hollywood Reporter, Daze, Xtra, I-D by Vice, Ynaija, and Adweek amongst other publications.
Please tell us your motivation for making your film:
The need to tell the young queer Nigerian narrative
What are the themes and central messages you wanted to convey with your submission?:
Homelessness Trans rights Street violence Community building
Please list ANY possible CONTENT / TRIGGER Warnings:
Violence
Credits:
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Writer
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Producer
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Key Cast
"Narrator"
Bolaji Akinwande
Key Cast
Adedeji Ajibade
Key Cast
Adunni Tiwatope
Key Cast
Specs:
Project Type:
Documentary, Feature
Runtime:
57 minutes 20 seconds
Completion Date:
May 30, 2024
Production Budget:
7,000 USD
Country of Origin:
Nigeria
Country of Filming:
Nigeria
Language:
English
Shooting Format:
Digital, RED 6k, 35mm, 50mm
Aspect Ratio:
16:9
Film Color:
Color
First-time Filmmaker:
Yes
Student Project:
No
https://rpublc.com/june-july-2024-2/a-true-portrait-of-queer-nigerian-life/
- Year2024
- Runtime57:11
- LanguageEnglish, Hausa
- CountryNigeria
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningViolence, Homophobia, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Homelessness
Around the World We Exist GBFF2025 Collection "Follow the Rainbow 2SLGBTQIA+ Community all around the World!"
On The Streets of Lagos (2024)
4 years After the END SARS protest, Kayode goes back to the streets of Lagos, Nigeria in search of Queer Narratives /
embedded in the day-to-day experience of the city. With the narrations of a Journalist, an imprisoned Queer person, and a collective of Trans/GNC identities, On the Lagos streets of Lagos highlights intimate stories of survival, community, grief, family, and hope for a minority community in Nigeria.
Director - KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director- KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director Biography - KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Kayode is enacting and documenting African narrative surrounding history, Queerness, places, Women, and Nature, using Productions, Festivals and archives. They are a connoisseur of Nigerian Queer history, with works with the Goethe-Institut Nigeria, House of African Feminism, Witness Change, Where Love is Illegal, The Third Cafe, Wolfgang Tillmans, and FemmeHive amongst others. Kayode is a trained creative and media executive with entrepreneurial training with the Tony Elumelu Foundation, a Terra Academy For Theatre and Art Alumnus, and a Taboom Media Fellow, and recently, an alumnus of the Festival Academy Mystery_45 Atelier with The 2023 European Capital of Culture Eleusus.
A Thomas Reuters Foundation-trained journalist, Kayode works featured on HBO's original documentary "The Legend Of the Underground" as the producer of Queercity Podcast, west Africa's biggest LGBTQI+ podcast, other works like Pride in Lagos have been seen on Teen Vogue, Global Citizen, Hollywood Reporter, Daze, Xtra, I-D by Vice, Ynaija, and Adweek amongst other publications.
Please tell us your motivation for making your film:
The need to tell the young queer Nigerian narrative
What are the themes and central messages you wanted to convey with your submission?:
Homelessness Trans rights Street violence Community building
Please list ANY possible CONTENT / TRIGGER Warnings:
Violence
Credits:
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Director
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Writer
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Producer
KAYODE TIMILEYIN OLAIDE
Key Cast
"Narrator"
Bolaji Akinwande
Key Cast
Adedeji Ajibade
Key Cast
Adunni Tiwatope
Key Cast
Specs:
Project Type:
Documentary, Feature
Runtime:
57 minutes 20 seconds
Completion Date:
May 30, 2024
Production Budget:
7,000 USD
Country of Origin:
Nigeria
Country of Filming:
Nigeria
Language:
English
Shooting Format:
Digital, RED 6k, 35mm, 50mm
Aspect Ratio:
16:9
Film Color:
Color
First-time Filmmaker:
Yes
Student Project:
No
https://rpublc.com/june-july-2024-2/a-true-portrait-of-queer-nigerian-life/
- Year2024
- Runtime57:11
- LanguageEnglish, Hausa
- CountryNigeria
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningViolence, Homophobia, Self Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Homelessness
