2016 Edition

The Missing God

The Missing God

Section: Long Narrative

Country: Nigeria

Production Year: 2015

Upon the death of the village Chief Priest, Obidike gets struck by a strange sickness, leaving his mother in doubts that he has been poisoned by his step-mother. His father and elder brother embark on a quest to discover the root of such illness, after consulting, it's reveal that Obidike has been chosen by the gods as the next Chief Priest of Umuaka Village. Two strangers arrive in the village, "Mr White" a British colonial/ slave master, his Interpreter and his armed bodyguards. Mr White gets arrested by the village but as he regains his freedom, he destabilizes the village community's system of government.