Ti Oluwa Ni Ile
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| Directed by | Tunde Kelani |
| Story by | Kareem Adepoju |
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| Cinematography | Tunde Kelani |
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Running time | 93min |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | Yoruba |
Ti Oluwa Ni Ile (English: The Land is the Lord's) is a Nollywood Yoruba drama film sequel directed by Tunde Kelani.[1] Released in 1993 through Mainframe Films and Television Productions, the film was Tunde Kelani's debut film as a film director.[2] It was made in 3 parts and listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies.[3]
Plot
Two greedy men engage the services of a corrupt chief sell a piece of an ancestral land for kickbacks. The new landowners are a petroleum company. The oracle; mouthpiece of the gods however reveal that the land belongs to the deities of the land and therefore not fit for a petrol station. The land sellers die suddenly and the chief realises he is next. He goes to the oracle for help. The oracle tells him that he will survive if he can prevent the body of the second co-conspirator from being buried. The story follows his futile attempts to prevent the eventual burial. The oracle gives him a second chance but he runs away and is faced by a series of unfortunate events. He eventually makes his way home and finds that he has been presumed dead. He attempts to reclaim his traditional title but the spirits of his co-conspirators come for his life.
Cast
- Kareem Adepoju
- Dele Odule
- Lekan Oladapo
- Yemi Shodimu
- Yetunde Ogunsola
- Oyin Adejobi
- Gbolagbade Akinpelu
- Jide Oyegunle
- Akin Sofoluwe
References
- ^ E. O. Soola; African Council on Communication Education. Nigeria Chapter; University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. Institute for Development Studies (2007). Communication in global, ICTs and ecosystem perspectives: insights from Nigeria. African Council for Communication Education (Nigeria Chapter), Office of the Director/Editor-in-Chief, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria in association with Precision Publishers. ISBN 978-978-8103-10-3.
- ^ Akinwumi Adesokan (21 October 2011). Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics. Indiana University Press. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-0-253-00550-2.
- ^ Ogundipe, Ayodele (2004). Gender and Culture in Indigenous Films in Nigeria (PDF). pp. 93–94.