Project Detail

Street 66

Synopsis

Documenting Ghanaian housing activist Dora Boatemah and the Angell Town community in Brixton, London fighting for better housing conditions. Central to Boatemah's work was the right of tenants to vote on the future of their own estates. Dora died in 2001 at the age of 43.
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins
Director: Ayo Akingbade
Producer: Lewis Taylor, Ayo Akingbade
Editor: James Wreford
Director of Photography: Edwin Mingard
Music: Oliver Palfreyman, Daniel Ben-Hur

Genre

Woman Director Black

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ayo Akingbade

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ayoakingbade.com

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