A magical realist film with social comment on urban inequality and exclusion | Set in Lagos | Nigeria/Germany/South Africa/United States of America | 101 min. by The Agbajowo Collective
THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS is a creative collaboration between a core group of youth from slums and a small team of professionals. We call ourselves The Agbajowo Collective:James Tayler, Ogungbamila Temitope, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, Edukpo Tina, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, A.S. Elijah
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THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS is the story of a young mother from a waterfront slum in Lagos who stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood-money earmarked for a luxury estate to be built where her community stands. Jawu must overcome isolation, temptation and loss to be a unifying force in a community that stands to lose everything.
Directors / Script Agbajowo Collective Cinematographer Leo Purman Editor Khalid Shamis, Mathew Cerf, Yiqing Yu Production Designer Bola Belo Costume Designer Yahaya Muyinat, Victor Eniola Sound Pius Fatoke, Sadiq Adebayo Original Score Michael "Truth" Ogunlade
THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS participated in the Durban FilmMart. Development, production and post-production were supported by the Sundance Institute and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
Producers Mathew Cerf, James Tayler, Megan Chapman, Andrew Maki, Mohammed Zanna, Michael Henrichs, Mustapha Emmanuel, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Chioma Onyenwe
A magical realist film with social comment on urban inequality and exclusion | Set in Lagos | Nigeria/Germany/South Africa/United States of America | 101 min. by The Agbajowo Collective
THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS is a creative collaboration between a core group of youth from slums and a small team of professionals. We call ourselves The Agbajowo Collective: James Tayler, Ogungbamila Temitope, Okechukwu Samuel, Mathew Cerf, Edukpo Tina, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, A.S. Elijah
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THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS is the story of a young mother from a waterfront slum in Lagos who stumbles upon a horde of corrupt blood-money earmarked for a luxury estate to be built where her community stands. Jawu must overcome isolation, temptation and loss to be a unifying force in a community that stands to lose everything.
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Cast Temiloluwa Ami-Williams, Debo Adedayo, Kachi Okechukwu, Gerard Avlessi
Directors / Script Agbajowo Collective
Cinematographer Leo Purman
Editor Khalid Shamis, Mathew Cerf, Yiqing Yu
Production Designer Bola Belo
Costume Designer Yahaya Muyinat, Victor Eniola
Sound Pius Fatoke, Sadiq Adebayo
Original Score Michael "Truth" Ogunlade
THE VAGABOND QUEEN OF LAGOS participated in the Durban FilmMart. Development, production and post-production were supported by the Sundance Institute and the Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
Producers Mathew Cerf, James Tayler, Megan Chapman, Andrew Maki, Mohammed Zanna, Michael Henrichs, Mustapha Emmanuel, Bisola Akinmuyiwa, Chioma Onyenwe
International sales RUSHLAKE MEDIA