Koseegbe

Koseegbe
Koseegbe
Directed by	Tunde Kelani
Written by	Akinwunmi Isola
Screenplay by	Akinwunmi Isola
Based on	A play by Akinwunmi Isola
Produced by	Tunde Kelani
Starring	Kola Oyewo; Wole Ameleo; Jide Kosokoo; Toyin A Babatope
Edited by	Idowu Nubi
Production; company	Mainframe Films and Television Productions
Distributed by	Alasco Video Film Production; Blessed J.O. Adeoye; Alelele Bros. & Co
Release date	1995;
Running time	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

Kola Oyewo
Wole Amele as Maliki
Jide Kosoko as Arowolo
Toyin A Babatope as Suwebatu
Yetunde Ogunsola as Dola
Joke Muyiwa as Mako's Wife
Yemi Sodimu as Salu
Laide Adewale as Gbelegbo
Gboyega Ajayi as Tola
Jimoh Fakoyejo as Mamu
Faith Eboigbe as Salu's Wife
Taiye Adegboyega as Gbelegbo's Wife
Feso Oyewole as Talabi
Peter Fatomilola as Police Chief

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.^[6]

It was listed as one of the 10 best selling Yoruba movies.^[3]

References

^ Ogunleye, Foluke (2003). African Video Film Today. Integritas Services. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7978-2931-2.
^ Izuzu, Chibumga (2017-03-09). "Who remembers Tunde Kelani's 1995 movie "Koseegbe?"". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^ ^a ^b Ogundipe, Ayodele (2004). Gender and Culture in Indigenous Films in Nigeria (PDF). pp. 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
^ Afolabi, Omoniyi (2011). "Yoruba Films By Tunde Kelani: Primary Cultural And Linguistic Data Collection" (PDF).
^ Haynes, Jonathan (2016-10-04). Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres. University of Chicago Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-226-38795-6.
^ Oyewo, Kola; Babatope, Toyin A; Amele, Wole; Kosoko, Jide; Ogunmola, Peju; Shodimu, Yemi; Ojeyemi, Tunji; Eboigbe, Faith; Ogunsola, Yetunde (1995), Kòṣeégbé, Lagos [Nigeria: Mainframe : Distributors Alasco Video Film Production, Blessed J.O. Adeoye, Alelele Bros. & Co., OCLC 39878333, retrieved 2021-08-20

[1] Ogunleye, Foluke (2003). African Video Film Today. Integritas Services. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-7978-2931-2.

[2] Izuzu, Chibumga (2017-03-09). "Who remembers Tunde Kelani's 1995 movie "Koseegbe?"". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

[:0-3] Ogundipe, Ayodele (2004). Gender and Culture in Indigenous Films in Nigeria (PDF). pp. 93–94. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-05. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

[4] Afolabi, Omoniyi (2011). "Yoruba Films By Tunde Kelani: Primary Cultural And Linguistic Data Collection" (PDF).

[5] Haynes, Jonathan (2016-10-04). Nollywood: The Creation of Nigerian Film Genres. University of Chicago Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-226-38795-6.

[6] Oyewo, Kola; Babatope, Toyin A; Amele, Wole; Kosoko, Jide; Ogunmola, Peju; Shodimu, Yemi; Ojeyemi, Tunji; Eboigbe, Faith; Ogunsola, Yetunde (1995), Kòṣeégbé, Lagos [Nigeria: Mainframe : Distributors Alasco Video Film Production, Blessed J.O. Adeoye, Alelele Bros. & Co., OCLC 39878333, retrieved 2021-08-20

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