Lagos Sand Merchants

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Shorts from the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Dutmers at the Dennos Museum Wed, Jul 30, 2014 9:00 PM
Sponsored by: A TCFF Fan
We tip our hats to a great Michigan film festival to the south—the venerable Ann Arbor Film Festival, now in its 52nd year. Some of the finest experimental films in the world screen at AAFF, and we’ve chosen our favorites to play in this not-to-be-missed program. Take a walk through Berlin in “Der Spaziergang;” trawl for sand deep in the river bed in the award winning “Lagos Sand Merchants;” see Bill O’Reilly high art in “The Reality Factory;” and experience a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience with “Eleven Forty Seven.”
Shorts from the Ann Arbor Film Festival
Dutmers at the Dennos Museum Sat, Aug 2, 2014 3:00 PM
Sponsored by: Joanne & Joe Murphy
We tip our hats to a great Michigan film festival to the south—the venerable Ann Arbor Film Festival, now in its 52nd year. Some of the finest experimental films in the world screen at AAFF, and we’ve chosen our favorites to play in this not-to-be-missed program. Take a walk through Berlin in “Der Spaziergang;” trawl for sand deep in the river bed in the award winning “Lagos Sand Merchants;” see Bill O’Reilly high art in “The Reality Factory;” and experience a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience with “Eleven Forty Seven.”
Film Info
Section:Shorts
Release Year:2013
Runtime:10 min.
Production Country:Nigeria
UK
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Karimah Ashadu
Produced by:Karimah Ashadu
Editing By:Karimah Ashadu

Description

Lagos Sand Merchants’ focuses on a group of ‘Sand Merchants’ on the outskirts of Lagos, arduously trawling the Lagos State Lagoon to unearth sand deep from the river bed for the construction industry. The film is led by the ‘Rotate 2 Mechanism (Drumroll)’ – a dynamic revolving device that challenges spatial perception. As the mechanism is actioned, the moving image lurches towards the ground and comes back up again, as if surfacing for air. The mechanism becomes a mirror for the task – producing a rhythmic quality that reflects the monotonous yet poetic relationship between the merchants and the lagoon.

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Shorts from the Ann Arbor Film Festival