Lilies of the Ghetto
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| Directed by | Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu |
| Screenplay by | Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu |
| Produced by | Karr Resources Entertainment |
| Starring | Emmanuel Ike Prince Emeka H.B. Banu Chashow Akuette Friday Isa Haruna |
| Cinematography | Fortune Ejim |
| Edited by | Ubaka Joseph Ugochukwu |
| Music by | Evans Steven |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Nigeria |
Lilies of the Ghetto is a 2009 film.
Synopsis
[edit]Ijaloko, an ex-convict and a ghetto chief, abducts five kids from his neighborhood: Johnnie, Small, Konkolo, Fryo and Bobo. He brainwashes them and induces them into using hard-drugs, thereby destroying all their humanity and turning them into a menace to society in order to achieve his wishes. Four of the kids die, one after the other. Johnnie, the luckiest of them all, survives and decides to quit being a gangster and goes back to school. Ijaloko will do everything in his power to stop him.
Nominations
[edit]The film was nominated for the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards for Most Promising Actor for Sunny Chikezie, Best Editing and Best Costume Design.
External links
[edit]- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)[dead link]
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