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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos (2024)
Directed by Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Temitope Ogungbamila, James Tayler, Mathew Cerf, Samuel Okechukwu, Elijah Atinkpo, Tina Edukpo
Drama · 1h 40m
Jawu bears the mark of a warrior king but lives humbly, selling swallows at the local market, saving up for the better future she’s determined to build for herself and her son. The pair reside in the Agbojedo community, a floating slum planted in the lagoon that gives Lagos its name. Just as rumours begin circulating regarding government plans for new developments that would raze their homes, Jawu spies a corrupt politician burying a nest egg of cash. Struck by her good fortune, she takes the money for herself, thinking this might be her way out. Jawu doesn’t know that she is destined for a bigger battle that is yet to come.
Cast
Temi Ami-Williams
Adebowale Adedayo
Gerard Avlessi
Teniola Aladese
Crew
- Director
- Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Temitope Ogungbamila, James Tayler, Mathew Cerf, Samuel Okechukwu, Elijah Atinkpo, Tina Edukpo
- Writer
- Agbajowo Collective
- Director of Photography
- Leo Purman
- Original Music Composer
- Michael 'Truth' Ogunlade
- Editor
- Yiqing Yu, Mathew Cerf, Khalid Shamis
- Producer
- Mathew Cerf, James Tayler, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Mustapha Emmanuel, Mohammed Zanna, Megan Chapman, Andrew Maki, Michael Henrichs
Details
- Release date
- 2024-09-06
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Germany, Nigeria, South Africa, United States of America
- Production
- Slum Dwellers International, Justice & Empowerment Initiatives, Nigerian Slum / Informal Settlement Federation, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Raconteur Productions