Nigeria / 2016 / 102mins / Comedy / English and Pidgin

Shot on location in Lagos, 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, Green White Green plays with stereotypes to illustrate just how similar we are despite our diversity and prejudices.

Abba Makama

Abba T. Makama is an award-winning filmmaker and the founder and creative director of OSIRIS. He has a degree in Business Management from the State University of New York, Fredonia, and studied film at New York University. In May 2014, he was commissioned by Al Jazeera to direct a documentary on the Nigerian film industry. The documentary, titled Nollywood: Something From Nothing, was broadcast in July 2015 on Al Jazeera World and was nominated for best documentary film at the 2016 AMAA (African Movie Academy Awards). His feature film, Green White Green, has screened at over 17 international film festivals and won Best Nigerian Film at AFRIFF 2016. Abba is also an alumni of Berlinale Talents 2018. His sophomore feature, The Lost Okoroshi, premiered at TIFF, followed by screenings at BFI London 2019 and Berlin Critics Week in 2020. He is a painter and an art enthusiast, and has a deep interest in Freudian and Jungian psychologies. Learn More