This is Lagos

Film

by Kenneth Gyang

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Nigeria / 2023 / 91mins / Drama, Comedy / English, Pidgin

Needing quick cash for studio time, aspiring rapper Stevo works for the psychotic Kojack and his “shoot-rob-run” gang. When their escape from a heist goes wrong, Stevo is separated from the gang. Luckily, he’s the one carrying the loot. In this dark comedy about a musician and his smart city girl, Stevo must navigate the dangers of his criminal past while pursuing his music dreams.

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About the Director

Kenneth Gyang

Kenneth Gyang is a Nigerian filmmaker, born in Barkin Ladi of Plateau State. He studied film production at the National Film Institute in Jos and screenwriting at Gaston Kaboré's IMAGINE in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Two of his short films as well as a script titled Game of Life were selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus 2006 and Mummy Lagos was well received as an official competition entry. Mummy Lagos was also selected for the Sithengi Talent Campus as part of the Cape Town World Cinema Festival in South Africa. His film Omule won Best Documentary Film at the 1st Nigerian Students International Film Festival in 2006 and Mummy Lagos also won Best Film at the Nigerian Field Society Awards organized by the German Cultural Centre, Goethe-Institut, in Lagos as well as the Jury Special Mention at the ANIWA festival in Ghana. Kenneth has worked with the BBC World Service Trust directing their hit TV drama Wetin Dey which was presented at the International Emmy World Television Festival in New York City. He has also worked with Communicating For Change as an Associate Producer on Bayelsian Silhouettes - a series of seven short films on HIV/AIDS. Finding Aisha, a TV series he co-wrote, was produced and directed for the Nigerian production company Televista. In 2013, his debut feature film Confusion Na Wa produced by Tom Rowland Rees won the top gong - Best Film - at the Africa Motion Awards in Bayelsa. Kenneth also won The Future Awards 2013 Prize In Arts & Culture. His 2017 drama, The Lost Café, won the Audience Choice Award at the Africa International Film Festival in 2017. Learn More