Last Flight to Abuja
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.
Plot
On board the last flight of Flamingo Airways from Lagos to Abuja, it is a Friday night in 2006. The plane leaves on time, and everything goes well until disaster strikes. While the pilots try to regain control of the flight, flashbacks reveal the reasons why each passenger took the flight and now has to face their destiny. It is based on a true story.
More details
| author | Amaka Obi-Emelonye Obi Emelonye Tunde Babalola |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Lagos |
| director | Obi Emelonye |
| editor | Ben Nugent |
| events | Nigeria |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | based on a true story |
| musicBy | Luke Corradine |
| producer | Charles Thompson Nyimbi Odero Obi Emelonye |
| productionCompany | Nollywood Film Factory |
| publisher | Netflix |
| theme | disaster narrative |