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The infected of Ojuju

FilmOther2010 to today

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

Battle it
First appeared
2014
Released 2014
Source work
Ojuju (2014)
C. J. Obasi
Made in
Nigeria
What causes it
Never explained
The film's page states no cause; the director drew on a slum's single water source and on pollution, and removed supernatural elements.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2014

Released 2014

field notes

What the sources say

1

The director chose the title to avoid using the word zombies1

2

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

3

The lead character is named Romero after George A. Romero1

4

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

5

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

6

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

Sources

  1. Ojuju - Wikipedia

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