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City of Tailors
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City of Tailors

Femi Bankole

Lagos, Nigeria

Medium
Short documentary · 28 min
Dimensions
2K · Stereo
Year
2023
Certificate
FA-2023-0241

Streaming license

Indicative — acquisition is dialogue, not checkout.

Authenticated by the FAACCE Curatorial Council. View certificate.

Story behind the work

A patient, almost devotional portrait of the tailors of Balogun Market — men and women whose Singer machines have outlived governments. Bankole films them as the cultural infrastructure they are.

A 28-minute short, filmed over eighteen months inside one of West Africa's largest textile markets.