The Supreme Price
TFI Suppport
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(2012 Spotlighting Women Documentary Award Grantee)
The Supreme Price tells the story of Hafsat Abiola. Following the annulment of her father’s victory in Nigeria’s Presidential Election and her mother’s assassination by the military dictatorship, Hafsat faces the challenge of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving Nigeria’s most marginalized population: women.
Joanna Lipper
Director, Producer
Joanna Lipper is a filmmaker, photographer and author. She is a lecturer at Harvard University where she teaches “Using Film For Social Change.” In Fall 2011 she was awarded a $200,000 grant from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for her current documentary film, The Supreme Price. This film received a Chicken & Egg Mother Wit Human Rights Grant and was selected for Good Pitch 2012 at Ford Foundation.