Fata and Yankuba are two young Gambians with ambitious dreams, who fled dictatorship and poverty and landed in Naples, only to discover a new kind of violence: a pernicious climate of racism and an unhelpful immigration system. Their only escape from the psychological torture of years spent waiting for documents in squalid camps is a small underground club in the heart of the city. The Teranga nightclub provides a rare safe space for migrants to meet young Italians while dancing and singing away the collective trauma of their journeys to Europe and the discrimination they face in Italy.

I was asked to shoot some additional scenes alongside Lou Marillier who shot the majority of the film. A few of my frames below.

Director
Daisy Squires, Sophia Seymour & Lou Marillier

Director of Photography
Lou Marillier

Production
Isosceles Productions

Platform
The Guardian, BBC Africa Eye