FILM REVIEW: Tunde Kelani, director. Akinwumi Isola and the Rest of Us. 2017. 18 minutes. English and Yoruba, with English Subtitles. Mainframe Film and Television Production.
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2019
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African Studies Review
Abstract
In Akinwumi Isola and the Rest of Us, director Tunde Kelani has produced a
reflective documentary that captures his artistic and fascinating relationship
with the cinematographer and playwright Akinwumi Isola. Though
partly a tribute to the late Professor Akinwunmi Isola, the documentary
chronicles Kelani’s collaborative film projects with the Yoruba playwright
Isola, whose plays were once adapted for the stage by the Isola Ogunsola
Theatre Group. The result of this collaboration is a kind of neo-traditional
cinema which seeks to emphasize the filmmaker’s respect for and allegiance
to the Yoruba culture. Some examples of these works include Efunsetan
Aniwura (1982), Kosegbe (1995), Saworoide (1999), Oleku (1997), and Agogo
Eewo (2002). Tunde Kelani has interspersed this short documentary with
graphics, stills, and excerpts from the aforementioned films, including
archival footage of theatrical performances.
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FILM REVIEW, Tunde Kelani, Akinwumi Isola and the Rest of Us
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Onikoyi, B., & Ayodabo, S. (2019). Tunde Kelani, director. Akinwumi Isola and the Rest of Us. 2017. 18 minutes. English and Yoruba, with English Subtitles. Mainframe Film and Television Production. No Price Reported. African Studies Review, 1–2. doi:10.1017/asr.2019.23