Meet The Wrestlers of the Pink Lake, Senegal (2015) A Film by Harley Weir | Wales Bonner

Featuring Dakar’s local wrestlers dressed in Wales Bonner’s Autumn Winter 2015 Ebonics collection, and adopting a language of documentary poetics, this film explores the culture of Senegalese wrestling – one in which discipline, ritual, pride and physical prowess are intertwined. In the sense that it is a series of portraits, Meet The Wrestlers of the Pink Lake also opens up an enquiry into cultural representation and exoticism. Director Harley Weir Producers Alassane Sy, Baila Sy Production Company Proxsy Prod. Translation Proxsy Prod. Sound Tobo Sy Editor Matt Kitchen Music Audio Networks Stylist Julia Sarr-Jamois Stylist Assistants Bojana Kozarevic, Ashlee Hill Global Group Director of Film & Video Ravi Amaratunga Head of Video Jack Robinson Head of Creative Bunny Kinney Video Commissioning Editor Declan Higgins Production Manager Diane Tellarini Production Coordinator Tom Ivin Development Producer Kate Villevoye Development Producer Matthew Whitehouse Models Assane Ba, Cheikouna Mb Fall, El Hadji Samb. Amady Gagna Mar, Saliou Youm, Mamadou Diagne, Karim Ndiaye, Moussa Ndiaye. Look 1 Karim wears all clothing model's own. Headpiece Grace Wales Bonner. Look 2 Moussa wears necklace Grace Wales Bonner. Look 3 All clothing model’s own. Look 4 Karim wears top and accessories model's own. Trousers Grace Wales Bonner. Look 5 All clothing model’s own. Look 6 Assane wears trousers and sleeve Grace Wales Bonner.