THE POT REMEMBERS

Part One · The Film

KEEPERS OF THE FIRE

The keepers seated at the table in the hall, with four attendants on the stairs behind them
Trailer — arriving

The film profiles the women behind Nigeria's roadside Mama Put food culture — the keepers of the cast pots who have fed and lifted entire communities over decades. It is a story of love, labour and legacy, told slowly, in the light of the fire they tend.

Stills

A keeper in blue, her face veiled, seated at the table
A keeper in a green gele and beads, seated at the table
A keeper in red holding a red staff, seated at the table
Two of the keepers, in red and green, standing in the doorway of the hall

A complete work in its own right.