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The infected of Ojuju

Ojuju is a Nigerian film that localises the zombie genre in a Lagos slum. Its director based it on the consequences of pollution for ordinary Nigerians and avoided the word zombie. It won the best Nigerian film award at the Africa International Film Festival.1

Lwanyisa
Yasooka okulabika
2014
Released 2014
Omulimu gwe kyava
Ojuju (2014)
C. J. Obasi
Kyakolebwa mu
Nayijeriya
Ekikireeta
Tekyannyonnyolwa
The film's page states no cause; the director drew on a slum's single water source and on pollution, and removed supernatural elements.
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The director chose the title to avoid using the word zombies1

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Set in a Lagos slum with one way in and out and one water source1

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The lead character is named Romero after George A. Romero1

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Made without investors, on donated services; most extras lived in the slum where it was shot1

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Won best Nigerian film at the Africa International Film Festival in 20141

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Ranked eleventh on IndieWire's 2022 list of the best zombie films1

Ensibuko

  1. Ojuju - Wikipedia

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