Green White Green

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.

New York African Film Festival New York, NY • Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, ON • Virginia Film Festival Charlottesville, VA

Abba T. Makama is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist from Nigeria. His debut film, "Green White Green," had its world premiere in 2016 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Since then, it has screened at over 20 international film festivals, including the Stockholm International Film Festival, Berlin Critics' Week, and Carthage Film Festival. The film was distributed worldwide on Netflix and Canal Plus.

His sophomore "The Lost Okoroshi" also premiered at TIFF 2019 and subsequently screened at BFI London Film Festival and The Berlin Critics Week 2020. "The Lost Okoroshi" was released on Netflix in 2020. Abba is a co-founding member of the Surreal 16 collective and S16 Film Festival. The S16 collective released their anthology film, "Juju Stories," which won the Boccalino D'oro Award for Best Film at Locarno 2021. It was released on Amazon Prime Video in 2022. His films have been reviewed and featured in publications such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The New York Times, and IndieWire.