Synopsis of Documentary Film: In 1993 elected M.K.O. Abiola as president in “The Supreme Price’ is a Door to ’s Recent History.” a historic democratic vote that promised to end years The New York Times of military dictatorship. Shortly after the election, Abiola’s victory was annulled. General seized power in a military coup and arrested M.K.O Abiola. During her husband’s incarceration, M.K.O Abiola’s wife, Kudirat, took over the leadership of “One of ten films all human rights the pro-democracy movement, organizing strikes activists should see.” Huffington Post and marches and winning international attention for the Nigerian struggle. Because of this work, she too became a target and was assassinated. Director Joanna Lipper elegantly explores past and present as she tells this deeply moving and intriguing story through the eyes of M.K.O and ’s eldest daughter, Hafsat Abiola, who was about to graduate from Harvard when her mother was murdered. Her father died in prison two years later under mysterious circumstances. Determined not to let her parents’ democratic ideals die with them, Hafsat returns to Nigeria after years in exile and is at the forefront of a progressive movement to empower women and dismantle the patriarchal structure of Nigerian society.

About the Director/Producer: Joanna Lipper is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and author. As a Lecturer at Harvard, she has been teaching Using Film For Social Change in the Department of African and African-American Studies (2010-2015). Lipper runs Vertumnus Productions, an international company dedicated to the development and production of narrative and documentary films centered on strong, complex women characters of depth and substance.

View the trailer at www.thesupremeprice.com FREE SCREENING AND Q&A WITH DIRECTOR/PRODUCER JOANNA LIPPER Tuesday 26th January 2016| 7-10 pm Khalili Lecture Theatre | SOAS, University of London