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Nine Days in Lagos
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Nine Days in Lagos

Nine families, nine days, one flooding season that is redrawing the map of a city of twenty million.

by Ifeoma Bello·Lagos, Nigeria

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Synopsis

Filmed over three flooding seasons, this series follows nine Lagos families as rising water reshapes where and how they live — and how a city famous for its improvisation is inventing its own future in real time.

Why this project should exist

Ifeoma Bello developed Nine Days in Lagos from lived experience and a clear point of view — observational, verite, minimal narration, built for documentary audiences interested in climate and urban life.

Tone

Observational, verite, minimal narration

Target audience

Documentary audiences interested in climate and urban life

Comparable projects

Human Flow, Minding the Gap

Stage of development

Principal footage shot, in edit