Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- A teaser for MKO, an international feature documentary examining Nigeria's annulled 12 June 1993 presidential election and the death of the presumed winner, MKO Abiola, has begun gaining attention online as the filmmakers prepare to take the project to film festivals.

The film revisits the political crisis triggered by the annulment of the election, the international campaign that followed and Mr Abiola's eventual death, a sequence of events that remains central to Nigeria's modern political history.

Directed by Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan, the documentary is produced by a team including three-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Mark Jonathan Harris and producer Veronique Bernard.

The produ...