🎬 SDI is proud to have co-produced the feature film, The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos, t
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ogether with the Nigeria Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, Justice & Empowerment Initiatives, Die Gesellschaft and Raconteur Production, with further support from The Sundance Institute and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
🎥 The film will have it's world premiere on Saturday, 7 September 2024 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It is written & directed by the Agbajowo Collective which includes Okechukwu Samuel, Ogungbamila Temitope, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Atinkpo Elijah, Edukpo Tina, James Tayler and Mathew Cerf.
The Agbajowo Collective explains that, “Our story emerged from the ashes of the #ForcedEviction of Otodo Gbame in 2017 – Lagos waterfront community of 30,000 swept into the lagoon, its residents left homeless, its homes demolished."
Starring
Temi Ami-Williams (@temi_ami )
Debo Adedayo (@mrmacaroni1 )
Written and Directed by
The Agbajowo Collective
A.S. Elijah (@as_elijah)
Akinmuyiwa Bisola (@akinmuyiwagrace )
Edukpo Tina (@olorunwaedukpo )
James Tayler (@yesthatsjames1 )
Mathew Cerf (@mat_cerf)
Ogungbamila Temitope (@milan_documentaries )
Okechukwu Samuel (@sams_documentaries )
Director of Photography: Leo Purman (@leopurman )
Producers
Mathew Cerf (@mat_cerf)
Megan Chapman (@meganschapman )
James Tayler (@yesthatsjames1 )
Akinmuyiwa Bisola (@akinmuyiwagrace)
Andrew Maki (@awmaki )
Mustapha Emmanuel (@mustify_media )
Mohammed Zanna (@the_new_world_order_1 )
Michael Henrichs (@m.henrichs )
Co-Producer: Chioma Onyenwe (@ch10ma ) // Raconteur Productions (@raconteurprod )
Production Companies:
Slum Dwellers International (@sdi_net )
Justice & Empowerment Initiatives Nigeria (@justempower )
Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation
Die Gesellschaft DGS
#TIFF24 #EndForcedEvictions #ThirdCinema #Justice4Otodogbame #LVQ #premiere #africanfilms
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