The Supreme Price

Name: The Supreme Price
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: October 3, 2014
Duration: 75 min
Rating: 78

2014

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| Release Date: October 3, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: The Supreme Price traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s Presidential Election and her mother’s assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge ofThe Supreme Price traces the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s Presidential Election and her mother’s assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria’s most marginalized population: women.… Expand

Director: Joanna Lipper

Genre(s): War, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 75 min

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Diana Clarke

Sep 30, 2014

Lipper does an excellent job of using her film as a vehicle for the voices and concerns of Nigerians, and especially of Nigerian women, who are traditionally expected to stay at home while men operate in the public sphere. But Lipper does not limit her camera to political struggles. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Oct 6, 2014

With beauty, brains and dignity to burn, Hafsat Abiola inherits her mother’s mantle and offers riveting insight into the contradictions of a dynasty of reformist aristocracy. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Oct 2, 2014

Unlike documentaries that tie things up in a tidy bow, Supreme Price wants viewers to understand that the status of democracy in Nigeria remains very much in flux. Read full review

Anita Gates

Oct 2, 2014

Joanna Lipper’s documentary shapes one country’s recent history into an accessible and tragic family drama. Read full review

John DeFore

Oct 2, 2014

Though it doesn't answer every question it raises and may occasionally confuse the uninitiated, the polished film easily stirs indignation. Read full review

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