I am fascinated by ageing.
Maybe because I have thought about my own old age. I assume most people have, at some point. What will my body become? What will I still care about? Who will still be around to laugh with me?
Turning 40 made those questions feel closer.
At 40, you begin to notice that the circle is getting thinner. Some friends have relocated. Some friendships have become victims of distance, marriage, responsibility, or silence.
These thoughts sit quietly behind a new film I have been working on.
The film explores ageing, male friendship, and the quiet presence of death.
What interests me is that these subjects are heavy, but they are rarely only heavy. Even around ageing, loneliness, friendship, and death, humour finds a way into the room.
For me, humour is essential to living because tragedy and comedy are Inseparable. One gives the other weight.
Male friendship, especially in old age, often hides tenderness inside teasing, concern inside complaints, and fear inside jokes.
That is one of the emotional spaces this film explores.
We have shot the film, and we are now in post-production. This is where the pacing, sound, silences, colour, music will help the film fully breathe.
I am currently seeking support, partnerships, and finishing funds to complete it with the care it deserves.
To age is to keep negotiating with time.
To laugh is to refuse to be completely conquered by it.
The image above is a still from the film
Dp:
@bolajiopakunbi
I am particularly grateful to everyone who has supported the film this far and the crew who worked tirelessly on this. To my co-ep/producer,
@ms__dale , thank you.
