After the worldwide attention of the kidnapping of girls in Nigeria, this documentary brings awareness of the women's challenges the country endures. The Supreme Price documentary explores the evolution of the Pro-Democracy Movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. Director Joana Lipper follows Hafsat Abiola, daughter of elected Nigeria's President, M.K.O Abiola and Kudirat Abiola. After the annulment of her father's presidential victory and her mother’s assassination by agents of the military dictatorship, Hafsat Abiola brings to perspective the corrupt culture of governance and the most marginalized population in Nigeria: women. 

M.K.O. Abiola was elected president in 1993, an historic vote that promised to end years of military dictatorship. Shortly after the election annulment, Hafsat's father was imprisoned, this led her mother Kudirat to take over the leadership of the pro-democracy movement. She organized strikes, rallies and gained international attention for the Nigerian struggle against human rights violations perpetrated by the military dictatorship. Kudirat was tracked down because of her works and was assassinated in 1996 by agents of the military. Hafsat Abiola, who was about to graduate from Harvard when her mother was murdered, decides to give up her exile and return to Nigeria.

Resolute not to let her parents works be in vain, Hafsat continues her parents legacy, fighting for democracy, empower and educate women and dismantle the patriarchal structure of Nigerian society. 

Through the tragic intergenerational Abiola family saga, The Supreme Price interlinks the past and present of the country's struggle.  The film exposes Africa’s most populous nation to be violent,  exposes a deep history of political corruption and a culture where a tiny circle of political elites monopolize billions of dollars worth of oil revenue, while the vast majority of 165 million Nigerian people remain impoverished.