Ojuju

Ojuju (2014)

Romero is at a crossroads.  News of his girlfriend's pregnancy has motivated him to make good of his life, but something strange is happening in his neighborhood.  The local water supply has been tainted causing people to suddenly manifest symptoms of rabid river blindness.  Romero recruits his friends Emmy and Peju to get to the bottom of the epidemic in a race against time for their own survival.

Date of release
2014-11-11
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Director
C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Ikeja and Bariga

Ojuju is a 2014 Nigerian zombie thriller film, written and directed by C.J. Obasi. The film which has a zero-budget, stars Gabriel Afolayan, Omowunmi Dada, and Kelechi Udegbe. It premiered at the 4th Africa International Film Festival, where it won the award for "Best Nigerian Movie".

Production

C.J. Obasi had been visiting a friend in a slum location. He observed unique features of the area; which included for example, the area has a single point of entry and exit, the area also had only one source of water, which everyone fetched from. Obasi then decided to develop a story based on this premise, since it was feasible to create a story based on the consequences of pollution to the common Nigerian.

The first actor to be cast in Ojuju was Gabriel Afolayan, who would play the lead character of Romero in the film. Next was Paul Utomi, an actor who Obasi had wanted to work with for some time. Other members of the main cast, including Omowunmi Dada and Yvonne Enakhena, were in an open audition for the film.

Principal photography for Ojuju began in November 2013, in a close-knit slum location in Ikeja, Lagos. Additional establishment scenes were shot around Bariga, while the police station scenes were shot in "Compact E-Schedular", a film and television production company at Opebi, Ikeja in February 2014. Initial budget for the film was ₦5,000,000 ($30,000); however, no investor showed any interest in funding the film.

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