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JUJU STORIES

By Abba MAKAMA, Cj OBASI, Michael OMONUA

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Fantasy - Completed 2021

A three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by the new Nigerian new wave cinema collective known as Surreal16.

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Fantasy, Horror, Drama
- Countries
- NIGERIA, FRANCE
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 84 mn
- Director(s)
- Abba MAKAMA, Cj OBASI, Michael OMONUA
- Synopsis
- LOVE POTION segment by Mike Omonua
  Mercy’s crush is engaged to marry Leonard. In a scheme to win him over she cooks up a love potion. A home made drink which he must ingest in order to fall in love with her. The question is, will it work?
  
  YAM segment by Abba Makama
  
  The story follows two characters. Amos a street hustler who finds a wad of cash, spends it on alcohol and drugs, then turns into a tuber of Yam. Tohfik is a vulcaniser who finds the yam, eats it and goes crazy and tries murdering his pregnant wife.
  
  SUFFER THE WITCH segment by C.J Obasi
  
  Chinwe's roommate Joy is quite strange, to say the least. And there are many things about Joy that Chinwe can't quite explain. Soon, everyone else in the entire school begins to notice this, but Joy is gleefully oblivious to all of them. Soon enough, people start to disappear mysteriously around Chinwe, as Joy's affection for her turns into obsession. Chinwe can't help but think that the rumours about Joy being a witch may just be true.