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Tower XYZ

Tower XYZ demonstrates self-actualisation in the capital, where the protagonists wander around one of London’s iconic social housing tower blocks and contemplate the future. Here, Akingbade’s use of 16mm film captures their performance so viscerally that the setting is transmuted into a Labyrinthian dreamscape. —Naomi Gessesse

Director

Country

Year

2016

Dialogue Language

English

Subtitle Language

Primary Contact

LUX

Duration

3 mins

Distributor

LUX

Street 66

Street 66 is a vibrant commemoration of Ghanaian-born Dr. Theodora Boatemah MBE, who led the campaign to organise tenants and demanded better housing on her Angell Town estate. In this film, archival footage blends with Akingbade’s own filmmaking style; photographs of Boatemah complement the living room, as well as testimonials of the tenants who organised activism with her. Focusing closely on one person’s quietly epic life of work, Street 66 creates a sense of scope that interrogates the socio-economic webbing of the UK. —Naomi Gessesse

Director

Country

Year

2018

Primary Contact

LUX

Duration

13 mins

Distributor

LUX

Dear Babylon

The final of the trilogy, Dear Babylon begins with the introduction of the fictional “AC30 Housing Bill”, which states that London tenants renting from a housing association must pay a flat fee of £18,000 to their landlords to continue their tenancy.

Director

Country

Year

2019

Premiere

Dialogue Language

English

Primary Contact

LUX

Duration

21 mins

Distributor

LUX