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Elesin Oba, The King's Horseman is a 2022 Yoruba-language Nigerian historical drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and distributed by Netflix, based on Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, a stage play he wrote while in Cambridge, where he was a fellow student at Churchill College during his political exile from Nigeria, [1] and it is based on a real incident that took place in ...
The 2016 crime film The Infiltrator features a "priest" of Eshu employed by the Medellín cartel who tests the loyalty of Robert Musella (Bryan Cranston), an undercover federal agent working in Operation C-Chase. Eshu features in the stage name "Eshu Tune" of rapper and comedian Hannibal Buress [18]
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The film was a financial success, considering its modest budget at the time. It grossed $4 million in a month, but was pulled from theaters after the film's distributor, American International Pictures, was accused of copyright violation by Warner Bros., which saw the film as being derivative of The Exorcist and filed a lawsuit against AIP. [2]
Agogo Eewo (English: Taboo Gong) is a 2002 Yoruba-language film and sequel to the 1999 film Saworoide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was written by Akunwunmi Isola , and produced and directed by Tunde Kelani . It stars Dejumo Lewis , Deola Faleye, Lere Paimo and Larinde Akinleye.
Koseegbe was Tunde Kelani's third film and his first work with Akinwunmi Isola. It started out as a stage play of the same name by Isola who was unable to write the script for film, so Kelani gave him the script for Driving Miss Daisy to use as a sample. [5] It was released on VHS in 1995. [6] It was listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba ...
The film explores the themes of the intersection between African belief in supernatural forces, modernity and sexual politics. [2] Thunderbolt: Magun was made with a DV calm and the budget for the film was about $50,000. [1] It was released on VHS. [4] It was listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies. [5]
Owo Blow is a 1996 Yoruba-language drama film directed by Tade Ogidan. It was made in 3 parts, namely: The Genesis , The Revolt , and The Final Struggle . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It served as the first acting role for Femi Adebayo , Rachael Oniga and Bimbo Akintola .