AFTER the stressful 09:00 am – 05:00 pm hustle throughout the weekday period, it would definitely not be out of place for you to take time out this weekend, relax, and enjoy some cool Nollywood movies.
Now, purge your mind of the feeling that Nollywood movies are not good enough. These are, in fact, carefully-selected movies made for the worldwide audience, with highly-trained and professional crew members, and movies cast made up of some A-list actors.
Enjoy.
1. Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman
“Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman,” Netflix’s adaptation of Professor Wole Soyinka’s stage play, will be the first Yoruba language film ever to premiere at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September 2022.
The historical drama, written and directed by the late Biyi Bandele and produced by EbonyLife films is based on “Death and The King’s Horseman” a play by Professor Wole Soyinka, which was originally published in 1975.
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940s, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction.
This sets in motion, a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.
This movie would be released tomorrow, September 10, 2022.
2. DWINDLE
Dwindle is a film based on the story of Sogo and Buta, two friends who hijack a car and venture into cabbing and how their lives take a drastic turn when their path runs into assassins who have just kidnapped the state governor.
3. INSIDE LIFE
Inspired by a true story, Inside Life follows the story of an about-to-wed man who is wrongly remanded in prison a few days before his wedding. He not only has to get out of prison on time to make his wedding, but he also has to learn to survive the condition in prison and get out alive. Getting out of jail on time isn’t enough; he must also learn to withstand the harsh surroundings and escape unscathed. The movie is set is premiere today, September 9.
4. OBARA'M
After her estranged father’s death, Oluchi, an up-and-coming musician is forced to confront her true self and her past mistakes. She reconnects with her daughter, who she abandoned at a young age, through their love for music.
However, the echoes from the past, greed and bad decisions, spring from every corner, threatening to bring them down.
