Jide Odukoya
IVDocumentary

The camera as a
longer sentence.

A photograph is a moment. A film is an argument — patient, layered, and answerable to the people inside it.

Section I

Turn It Up Series

A series on volume — of colour, of culture, of people who refuse to be quiet.

Turn It Up Series — cover.
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Section II

Documentary Images

Everyday life, held patiently. A running archive of the people, streets and rooms in between the commissions.

Documentary Images — cover.
A market street under coloured umbrellas.
Two women high-fiving between fabric stalls.
A vendor's table of sunglasses, stacked close.
Enter the archive →

Selected works and works in progress.

In progress

Untitled — a portrait of a Lagos generation

A feature-length film following four creatives across one year of their lives.

2024

Behind The Craft — a filmmakers' anthology

Six short portraits of West African filmmakers, told in their own words.

2022

The Makers

A short film series honouring the tailors, welders, and framers behind the scenes.

2020

Notes on a Wedding Studio

An hour inside the operation of a small institution during the year the world stopped.