September 10, 2022
Release Date

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Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022)

Name: Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2022-09-10

1h 36m

Running Time

September 10, 2022
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Currently Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

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Details.

Release Date
September 10, 2022

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 36m

Genres
Drama History

Last updated: 2024-06-15

Wiki.

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 at Churchill College during his political exile from Nigeria, and it is based on a real incident that took place in Yorubaland during British Colonial rule. The film stars Odunlade Adekola as the titular character, with Shaffy Bello, Brymo, Deyemi Okanlawon, Omowunmi Dada, Jide Kosoko, Langley Kirkwood, Joke Silva amongst others in supporting roles.