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Last flight to Abuja (2012)

Last flight to Abuja poster
Original title
Last Flight to Abuja
Directed by
Obi Emelonye
Genre
drama film, action film, disaster film, thriller film
Country
Nigeria
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
12
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Passengers on a flight from Lagos to Abuja face a mid-air crisis. The film follows their struggle to survive as tensions rise onboard.

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What happens

Last Flight to Abuja is a 2012 Nigerian disaster thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, directed and produced by Obi Emelonye, and starring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Jim Iyke. Shot in Lagos, the film received five nominations at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards, winning the category "Best Film by an African Abroad". On 15 June 2020, Last Flight To Abuja began streaming on Netflix eight years after it first premiered in London. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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