The man Died
4 days ago
Three acclaimed Nollywood films- Prince Daniel Aboki’s Mai Martaba, Awam Amkpa’s The Man Died and AMAA 2024 Best Nigerian film The Weekend as directed by Daniel Oriahi have been announced as the headline films for the yearly Nollywood in Hollywood event
7 Feb
Three Nigerian films have been selected for a showcase in Hollywood, California on February 28 and March 1, 2025. The selected films are The Man Died, The Weekend and Mai Martaba.
18 Dec
After yesterday’s screening at the Cartharge Film Festival, which began on November 14, and ends December 21 in Tunisia, the ward-winning film, The Man Died, a feature film inspired by Wole Soyinka’s prison notes of same title, continues its global tour in January.
13 Nov
After a showing the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF), The Man Died is billed for a special screening today, November 13, at the Agip Hall, MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos as part of the Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF), which had declared its 2024 season ‘The Soyinka Year’.
26 Oct
On the heels of its successful outing on October 5 at the Quramo Festival of Words, QFest 2024, in Lagos, The Man Died, the feature film inspired by Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka’s prison notes
25 Sep
The legendary Nigerian playwright and Nobel Prize winner, Wole Soyinka, has expressed discomfort with the idea of a film adaptation of his memoir. Soyinka opened up about his life in a recent interview with CNN’s Larry Madowo. The 90-year-old author, known for his outspokenness and activism, shared his thoughts on his memoir-turned-movie, "The Man Died,"…
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