Sunday, February 20, 2011

USA Africa Dialogue Series - MAAMi: A film by Tunde Kelani


Mainframe Production: Opomulero

Maami: 2011
Tunde Kelani: Producer/Director



Synopsis: 

The story revolves around Kashimawo, a successful footballer who, in the period leading to the 2010 World Cup, reminisces about his hardscrabble childhood in the southern Nigerian town of Abeokuta.

Cast:
Funke Akindele
Wale Ojo
Tamilore Kuboye
Ayomide Abati


About the director:  

Tunde Kelani holds a Diploma in the Art and Technique of Filmmaking from the London International Film School, London.  After many years in the Nigerian Film Industry as a Cinematographer, he now manages Mainframe Film & Television Productions, an outfit formed to document Nigeria's rich culture.  Tunde Kelani has worked on most feature films produced in the country in his capacity as a Cinematographer.  Some of 16mm feature films include:  ANIKURA; OGUN AJAYE; IYA NI WURA; TAXI DRIVER; IWA and FOPOMOYO.  

In the area of video productions, he has to his credit award-winning feature videos:  TI OLUWA NILE; AYO NI MO FE;  KOSEEGBE and OLEKU.  An advocate of 'Alternative Technology' in motion picture production in Africa, Tunde Kelani has successfully produced and directed two digital features, SAWOROIDE and THUNDERBOLT.  

He has also completed work on his latest digital film 'AGOGO-EEWO' shot on widescreen digitally on DVCAM.  In addition to the M-net short features films, 'TWINS OF THE RAIN FOREST','A PLACE CALLED HOME'and 'BARBER'S WISDOM (35MM), he also photographed, produced and directed a short feature in 16mm 'THE WHITE HANDKERCHIEF' in the same series.  

He has since added THE CAMPUS QUEEN' ABENI and THE NARROW PATH, the first set of works to probe further the possibilities of advanced digital filmmaking. He recently added a new film ARUGBA which has just concluded free, open-air community screenings in 57 local government and development council areas of Lagos State in Nigeria.  Tunde Kelani uses the  Mobile Cinema Project, designed to take information and entertainment to the grassroot--mainframe.com                 

FILMOGRAPHY

  1. Ti Oluwa Nile (feature) -1993
  2. Ayo Ni Mo Fe (feature) - 1994
  3. Koseegbe (feature) - 1995
  4. O Le Ku (feature) - 1997
  5. A Place Called Home (short) cinematographer – 1997
  6. The White Handkerchief (short) – 1998
  7. Twins of the Rain Forest (short) cinematographer – 1997
  8. Saworoide (feature) 1999
  9. Thunderbolt (feature) – 2001
  10. A Barber's Wisdom (short) – cinematorapher – 2002
  11. Agogoeewo (feature) 2002
  12. The Campus Queen 2004
  13. The Narrow Path (2007)
  14. Life In Slow Motion (2008)
  15. Arugba (2008)

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