Browsing: Tunde Kelani
The project is being coordinated by the International Centre For Yoruba Arts and Culture, headed by Alao Adedayo.
While the poetry itself is culturally deep and rich, star actress, Kabirah Kafidipe, who plays the role of the bride, gives the video an engaging experience, swinging from chanting to singing, dancing and trading in wit and swagger, the type the bride of old was synonymous with. Many who have always known Kabirah as a gifted actress will not be disappointed in her performance in Ekun Iyawo, as the work brings out the multi-best in her.
On Boxing Day, at my insistence,Tunde Kelani, TK, immediately went into “self-isolation” to catch his breathe, catch up with sleep and recover from the mixed bag of the good and the ugly of experiences whilst filming. Stress and satisfaction found common ground on this his most challenging of works. Filming in the midst of a global pandemic cannot be anything but a challenge of monstrous proportions.
The Academy, popularly known as the Oscars, made visibly improved racial and gender considerations in the 2019 list that tops the 2018 list.
Yemi Shodimu, a veteran actor and lead character in the timeless movie: “Oleku,” on Friday said many Nigerians took him for a cultist, a role he acted in the movie.
Discussion on Yoruba history, especially as it concerns Afonja, a onetime Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Oyo Empire, will be at the front burner at MUSON Center, Lagos this Sunday as historians and top culture enthusiasts, including a leading Yoruba Storyteller and Cinematographer, Tunde Kelani, take a look at Yoruba history and life and times of Afonja and Alaafin of Oyo, Aole Arogangan.
Veteran cinematographer, Tunde Kelani, has emerged the winner of Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards’ Industry Merit Award 2018.
Kelani said this at the Mid-Year Edition of Yoruba Lakotun, a quarterly cultural renaissance show that was held at Ethnic Heritage Centre, Ikoyi Lagos on Sunday.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State made the call in Abeokuta on Tuesday at the International stakeholder’s conference on Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs 2018 and the investiture of United Nations SDG Champion.
In a statement by Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in Abuja, Buhari felicitated with Kelani’s family members, friends, professional colleagues and the teeming fans.
“It is a security alert for all and sundry to be vigilant in the wake of Boko Haram attacks on the Nigerian society and its neighbouring countries,” said the filmmaker
In a career spanning over four decades, TK has specialised in producing movies that promote Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and have a root in documentation, archiving, education, entertainment and promotion of the culture
The movie is an inspiring story of how a young sickle cell carrier overcomes the social stigma and prejudice.
Ace filmmaker, Tunde Kelani is stirring a revolution. The award winning filmmaker is charting a new path in film production in Nigeria with his ‘filmed play’ Yeepa, a fusion of stage and film technique adapted from Femi Osofisan’s classic literature, Yeepa Solarin Nbo.
Tunde Kelani’s Maami, in the spirit of the season, will resurrect the love for mothers as the long awaited movie is released for home viewing on DVD
CultureShift, a programme created to engage creative entrepreneurs and organisations to use technology to provide solutions for challenges, started last year on the Ideation stage, with 15 companies competing and six companies getting shortlisted to progress to the hackathon stage and the selection of a winner
As expected, Kelani is passing across a message through his much talked about but yet-to-be-released movie titled: Dazzling Mirage