Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, 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.
Crew
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Biyi Bandele
Adaptation
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Biyi Bandele
Director
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Wole Soyinka
Writer
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Surisa Surisa
Production Designer
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Lance Gewer
Director of Photography
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Mo Abudu
Creative Producer
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Michael 'Truth' Ogun…
Sound Designer
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Michael 'Truth' Ogun…
Music
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Charlotte Buys
Sound Designer
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Kyle Gerhardt
Sound Editor
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James Amuta
Producer
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Judith Audu
Producer
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Quinty Pillay
Producer
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Heidi Uys
Creative Producer
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Olawale-Brymo Olofoo…
Music
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Adeola Osunkojo
Producer
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Thomas Adetunji
Editor
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Sir Peter Badejo Obe
Original Music Composer
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