Review of Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022) by Wendy Ide for Screen Daily — 10 Nov 2022
The film works on multiple levels. It’s an indictment of colonial brute force; a critique of masculine entitlement, an observation of the uneasy coexistence between tradition and modernity. But mostly, it’s a rich, engrossing and distinctive approach to African storytelling.
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This review of Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman (2022) was written by Wendy Ide and published by Screen Daily on 10 Nov 2022.
Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman has generally received mixed reviews.
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