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Lilies of the Ghetto

Joseph Ugochukwu

Nigeria

2008

The daily destruction of the lives of African youths who are forced by hardship into various crimes for survival, as typified in the ghettos of Nigeria. This movie represents a new tendency among the Nigerian film industry and film directors, who apart from Nollywood begun to develop a high quality cinema, accessible to a worldwide audience. Film professionals started to produce quality movies, despite the financial challenges that are obstacles to certain projects. Joseph Ugochukwu is part of the new movement.

Support

30'000 CHF for production fiction

Festivals and Awards

Silicon Valley African Film Festival

Nomination for the Africa Movie Academy Awards

World Sales

Karr Resources Films

Distribution Switzerland

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