Wole Soyinka

Most Popular Wole Soyinka Trailers

Total trailers found: 8

Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman Trailer (2022)

10 September 2022

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.

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me Trailer (2013)

23 November 2013

Khalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised him.

Bigger Than Africa Trailer (2018)

18 February 2018

When the slave ships docked in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean, hundreds of cultures, traditions, and religions landed with the Africans on board, one transcended slavery beyond imagination and remains alive till this day in the New World: the Yoruba culture.

Kongi's Harvest Trailer (1970)

01 May 1970

An African dictator (Wole Soyinka) needs to convince the former king (Rashidi Onikoyi) to legitimize his reign by offering him the ceremonial yam at the upcoming harvest festival.

Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait Trailer (1963)

01 January 1963

Focusing on the pressures people feel moving from the security and nurture of village life to the isolate chaos of big city life, Joshua: A Nigerian Portrait tells the story of Joshua Sobitan, a rent-collector living in Lagos.

Death and the King's Horseman Trailer (2023)

09 February 2023

In British-occupied Nigeria, a Yoruba king, the Alafin, has died, and it is the duty of his horseman, Elesin, to accompany him into the afterlife.

Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1 Trailer (2010)

18 December 2010

Shout Gladi Gladi Trailer (2015)

01 October 2015

Shout Gladi Gladi is a documentary about hope. It tells the story of one woman's quest to cure fistula and save mother's lives in Africa.