Koseegbe Explained

Director:Tunde Kelani
Screenplay:Akinwunmi Isola
Based On:A play by Akinwunmi Isola
Producer:Tunde Kelani
Starring:Kola Oyewo
Wole Ameleo
Jide Kosokoo
Toyin A Babatope
Editing:Idowu Nubi
Studio:Mainframe Films and Television Productions
Distributor:Alasco Video Film Production
Blessed J.O. Adeoye
Alelele Bros. & Co
Runtime:102 minutes
Country:Nigeria
Language:Yoruba Language

Kòseégbé (English: Immovable) is a 1995 Yoruba drama film directed by Tunde Kelani based on a stage play of the same name by Akinwunmi Isola. The cast consisted of actors from the Obafemi Awolowo University theatre.[1] It was released through Mainframe Films and Television Productions.[2]

Plot

Koseegbe tells the story of a morally upright customs officer who replaces a senior official who was dismissed on account of corruption. At his new post, he attempts to sanitize the system as he gets pushed back from the equally corrupt junior officers. In order to orchestrate his dismissal, the junior officers frame him for illicit behaviour. He is however able to secure their confession and absolve himself.[3] [4]

Cast

Production

Koseegbe was Tunde Kelani's third film and his first work with Akinwunmi Isola. It started out as a stage play of the same name by Isola who was unable to write the script for film, so Kelani gave him the script for Driving Miss Daisy to use as a sample.[5] It was released on VHS in 1995.

It was listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ogunleye, Foluke. African Video Film Today. 2003. Integritas Services. 978-0-7978-2931-2. 146. en.
  2. Web site: Izuzu. Chibumga. 2017-03-09. Who remembers Tunde Kelani's 1995 movie "Koseegbe?". 2021-08-20. Pulse Nigeria. en.
  3. Book: Ogundipe, Ayodele. Gender and Culture in Indigenous Films in Nigeria. 2004. 93–94. 2021-07-07. 2022-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20220305174322/https://codesria.org/IMG/pdf/GA_Chapter-6_ogundipe.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Afolabi. Omoniyi. 2011. Yoruba Films By Tunde Kelani: Primary Cultural And Linguistic Data Collection.
  5. Book: Haynes, Jonathan. Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres. 2016-10-04. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-38795-6. 131. en.