Little Rot

Emezi (You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty) sets their much-anticipated latest in seedy, seductive New Lagos, a place teeming with perfidy, intimidation, and betrayal disguised as love. Over the course of a single weekend, six individuals contend with the repercussions of an evening that changes everything. Freshly broken up with Aima, Kalu attends a sex party hosted by his friend Ahmed. Thinking that he is rescuing a young woman from sexual assault, Kalu puts himself in the crosshairs of a dangerous and powerful Nigerian pastor. Two sex workers, Souraya and Ola, are brought into the messy fray. Meanwhile, Aima drinks her sorrows away with her friend Ijendu. Chukwudi Iwuji and Adepero Oduye narrate, offering compelling performances with timing that heightens the suspense and brings an intensity to Emezi’s dialogue. Iwuji, a classically trained British Nigerian actor, lays bare the characters’ emotional depths, providing piercing portraits of their flawed, human selves. Oduye taps into the pain and despair of the women, who are caught in dizzying yet devastating circumstances.