Olawale Adekola
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Lagos, Nigeria·2023·Documentary Film

Road to Redemption

A quiet, observational portrait of recovery — of the small, ordinary days that make up the long climb out, and the people who walked them with him.

A man sits alone on a low wall at the edge of a quiet street at first light.
Hands holding a chipped enamel mug of tea in the early morning.

Mornings are the hardest, he says. So mornings became the work.

A small group sits in a circle of plastic chairs inside a community hall.
Weekly meeting, community hall, Yaba.

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