Tunde Kelani

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Tunde Kelani

Born February 26, 1948 (age 78)

Tunde Kelani holds a Diploma in the Art and Technique of Film-making from the London International Film School, London. After many years in the Nigerian Film Industry as a Cinematographer, he now manages Mainframe Film & Television Productions, an outfit formed to document Nigeria's rich culture. Tunde Kelani has worked on most feature films produced in the country in his capacity as a Cinematogr…

Known For

Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of MemoryEbrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory · 2024
Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory
2024
MovieDocumentary
Before he became Africa's first Nobel Prize winner in Literature, a small campus bungalow at the University of Ibadan played an outsized role in the life of a man, Wole Soyinka, his family, his university, and the nation. Here's the story. How do we preserve not just what we remember but the physical markers of such transient memory?
AbeniAbeni · 2006
Abeni
2006
MovieRomance
Abeni is in love with Akanni, the son of Chief Bello's former gateman. But Chief Bello is not in support of his daughter's intention to marry a pauper's son. Will Chief Bello succeed in breaking the bond between the lovebirds?
AyinlaAyinla · 2022
Ayinla
★ 8.02022
MovieDrama
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful range of hills and valleys in the southwestern Nigerian countryside, AYINLA is inspired by the life and times of Ayinla Omowura, a popular Yoruba musician in rural Nigeria.
Efunsetan AniwuraEfunsetan Aniwura · 2005
Efunsetan Aniwura
2005
MovieHistory
CordeliaCordelia · 2021
Cordelia
★ 6.02021
Movie
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Nigerian author and poet Femi Osofisan, Cordelia is a romantic period-drama where romance meets politics. This novella starts with a lecturer in a disturbed state about his marriage, which is resulting in an inability to teach his students. One of them later confronts him in his office about his shoddy lecture, and the student in question is accompanied to the lecturer’s office by another student named Cordelia. But little does our lecturer know that Cordelia is about to be at the center of a major riot at the institution.
KòseégbéKòseégbé · 1995
Kòseégbé
1995
MovieDrama
Kòseégbé is a 1995 Yoruba drama film directed by Tunde Kelani based on a stage play of the same name by Akinwunmi Isola.
Dazzling MirageDazzling Mirage · 2014
Dazzling Mirage
★ 2.02014
MovieDramaRomance
An adaptation of Yinka Egbokhare's novel. The story of a young sickle-cell patient and the various social and emotional challenges she's faced with.
Golden MotherGolden Mother · 1985
Golden Mother
1985
MovieFamilyDrama
A mother’s attempt to save her twins ends in their separation, setting off years of loss until fate brings them back together.

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