Saworoide
| Saworoide | |
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| Directed by | Tunde Kelani |
| Written by | Tunde Kelani |
| Screenplay by | Akinwunmi Isola |
| Starring | |
| Distributed by | Mainframe Films and Television Productions |
Release date | 1999 |
Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Nigeria |
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Saworoide is a 1999 film directed by Tunde Kelani and released through Mainframe Films and Television Productions.[1]
Premise
Saworoide depicts the setting of an old Yoruba norm in the town of Jogbo where a person can not be crowned king without the saworoide (English: talking drum, brass bell) being played by the right person.[2]
Cast
- Ayantunji Amoo
- Kunle Bamtefa
- Kayode Olaiya
- Yemi Shodimu
- Kola Oyewo
- Lere Paimo
- Bukky Wright
- Khabirat Kafidipe
- Kunle Afolayan
References
- ↑ "Saworoide (1999)". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ Eniola, Babatunde (3 January 2014). "THE MYSTERY `SAWOROIDE`". Rough Africa. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Further reading
- Adedina, Femi; Taiwo, Tunji Victor (2015). "Aesthetics and Semiotics in Nigerian Films: An Analysis of Saworoide (Brass Bell), A Tunde Kilani's Film". National Institute of Cultural Orientation.
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