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While Nollywood went straight to video, he kept making films that adapted Nigerian novels and plays properly. Saworoide is still the sharpest thing Nigerian cinema has said about its own politics.
Tunde Kelani, known as TK, is a Nigerian cinematographer, producer and director whose career runs across more than four decades, making films that carry Nigerian cultural heritage and Yoruba tradition in particular.
In 1991 he founded Mainframe Films and Television Productions, built around adapting Nigerian novels and plays for the screen. His 1999 political drama Saworoide, on Nigeria's political and economic turmoil, remains a classic, followed by Agogo Eewo, Arugba and Maami.
In 1991 he founded Mainframe Films and Television Productions, built around adapting Nigerian novels and plays for the screen. His 1999 political drama Saworoide, on Nigeria's political and economic turmoil, remains a classic, followed by Agogo Eewo, Arugba and Maami.
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