In this episode we spoke with Nigerian British filmmaker Ayo Akingbade, who was visiting Los Angeles for a screening of her film “Keep Looking.” We discussed several of her films, including her experience shooting on location in Lagos, Nigeria, after which we compared how it feels to visit our relatives in their respective home countries. We also spoke about nepotism in the film industry, how people usually assume a character is autobiographical when there are any similarities to the author, how to be inspired to make new work, and thinking about timelessness in certain works of art.
Guest Bio:
Ayo Akingbade (born 1994) is an artist, writer and film director. She has directed nineteen short films. Her short films explore the mundanity of urban life in full swing in London's inner-city boroughs and industrial life in her family's hometown in Nigeria.
Show notes:
Links to where Ayo has screened:
whatsherface at The Hand
Links to Ayo’s work:
Show me the World Mister, 2023, Book
Keep Looking, 2024, Film
The Fist, 2022, Film
Jitterbug, 2022, Film
Dear Babylon, 2019, Film
Tower XYZ, 2016, FIlm
Books Ayo mentions from Skylight Books in LA:
Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe
Making Movies by Sydney Lumet
In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin
We also mention:
Family Business by Chantal Ackerman
La Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Keep Looking" by Sade
Credits:
Edited by Amanda Dee and mastered by Rebecca Seidel.
Theme music by The Necklace, a project by Taylor Shields and Morgan Võ.
Sound effects courtesy of freesound.org:
japaneseairplanelanding.mp3 by morgantj – https://freesound.org/people/morgantj/sounds/59610/ – License: Attribution 4.0
Airplane PA Sound 2 by festivus31 – https://freesound.org/people/festivus31/sounds/177560/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Airplane_ambience.WAV by habbis92 – https://freesound.org/people/habbis92/sounds/204510/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Airplane Seat belt Chime by sirkoto51 – https://freesound.org/people/Sirkoto51/sounds/331680/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Airplane_flyover_landing_in_heathrow_1_48_24.wav by suz_soundcreations – https://freesound.org/people/Suz_Soundcreations/sounds/351588/ – License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
digital camera consumer on,off beep take picture single shot, servo zoom in out.flac by kyles – https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/453950/ – License: Creative Commons 0
Tabletop clock ticking, speed ramp down (followup) by ycbcr – https://freesound.org/people/ycbcr/sounds/556991/ – License: Attribution 4.0
Hawk/Eagle Cry (Distant) by PRINCEofWORMS – https://freesound.org/people/PRINCEofWORMS/sounds/571273/ – License: Attribution 4.0
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