The Supreme Price

The Supreme Price

75 mins | Oct. 3, 2014

The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election and her mother's assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria's most marginalized population: women.

The Supreme Price

75 mins | Oct. 3, 2014

The Supreme Price
The Supreme Price is a feature length documentary film that traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father's victory in Nigeria's Presidential Election and her mother's assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria's most marginalized population: women.
Producers Independent Television Service (ITVS), Women Make Movies, Chicken And Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, GUCCI
Original title The Supreme Price
Directors Joanna Lipper
Writers Joanna Lipper

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