Green White Green

Nigeria • 2016

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Shot on location in Lagos, and playing like a cross between American Graffiti and Be Kind Rewind, in this richly textured and frequently funny look at Nigeria's next generation, a group of young bohemian artists hang out and search for direction in their lives in the stagnant months leading up to the beginning of their university studies.
Green White Green humorously explores social and political views commonly held throughout Nigeria, with each character representing one of the country’s three major ethnic groups. A story about classism and how people from different economic and cultural backgrounds think and behave, Abba T. Makama's feature debut plays with stereotypes to illustrate just how similar we are despite our diversity and prejudices.

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102 minutes
Pidgin, English
English
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1.33:1
5.1

Abba T. Makama
Africa Ukoh
Samuel Abiola Robinson, Dabis Christopher, Erick Didie

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  • "Much of the action seems barely rehearsed, which gives Green White Green the spontaneous feel that you find in Spike Lee’s early films and in the zany Be Kind, Rewind by Michel Gondry."

    David D'Arcy

    Screen Daily

  • "A shaggy, unruly work of art, passion and perseverance. In the spirit of the early films of Spike Lee, this cheeky, bright-eyed and often overzealous Nigerian film is at once endearing and unkempt."

    Will Ashton

    The Playlist

  • "A new breed of Nigerian art film. Green White Green is a hopeful, downright energizing love letter to Nigeria’s youth."

    Noah Tsika

    Africa Is A Country

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