James Amuta
Directing
Known For

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ruthless traders and pimps, Òlòtūré finds warmth and friendship with Blessing, Linda and Beauty, the prostitutes she lives with. However, she gets drawn into their lifestyle and finds it difficult to cope. In her quest to uncover the truth, she pays the ultimate price - one that takes her to the verge of no return.
Òlòtūré

Samuel forsakes his harsh religious upbringing to live his own life — but his soul remains caught between the world and the faith he left behind.
The Man of God

Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman

A group of people are kidnapped and held for ransom with their organs harvested when their families can’t pay up. When a stray ends up in the kidnapper's den, an unravelling happens.
Black Harvest
In 'Win or Lose', a struggling family man living with his family in the ghetto suddenly comes into possession of a winning lottery ticket - and a series of hilarious events unfold as he tries to enjoy his new found status.
Win or Lose
A night at sea leaves pregnant Tangelo traumatized, after a pirate attack. She retreats to a remote island to protect her only child - but 18 years later, she is forced the monsters that tore her world apart.