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Machine Boys (2024)

Name: Machine Boys
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2024-10-01T19:41:35+02:00

Documentary | 9 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 9 minuten

Country: Nigeria / Germany / Italy

Directed by: Karimah Ashadu

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Machine Boys plot

In the busy traffic of the Nigerian metropolis of Lagos, okadas serve as an alternative taxi service. Young men on motorbikes and their passengers maneuver at breakneck speed through traffic on the often congested and poorly maintained roads of the most densely populated city on the African continent. Okadas have been banned by the Nigerian government since 2020, which has now confiscated hundreds of them. The work is also dangerous: accidents often occur and sometimes the okadas are deliberately driven off the road.