Lagoon

A massive object plunges into the Atlantic just off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria, and something comes ashore. Ayodele, a shape-shifting alien ambassador, chooses three Lagosians to help her make contact: Adaora, a marine biologist estranged from her husband; Agu, a soldier who has just turned against a commanding officer; and Anthony, a rapper famous across Africa.

As word of the visitors spreads, the city tears itself apart. Preachers, gangs, students and soldiers all try to claim the aliens for their own ends, while spirits and tricksters out of Nigerian folklore begin walking the streets alongside them.

Told through a chorus of human, animal and otherworldly voices, Lagoon reimagines first contact as something distinctly Nigerian: chaotic, communal, and in the end hopeful about what a changed world could become.