Elesin Oba: The King's Horseman

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• Genre(s): Drama
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Biyi Bandele
• Cast(s): Omowunmi Dada, Jenny Stead, Langley Kirkwood, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, Joke Silva See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 36min
• Music: Michael Truth Ogunlade,Charlotte Buys,Sir Peter Badejo Obe,Olawale-Brymo Olofooro,Kyle Gerhardt
• Similar To: IF, Scoop
• Story:

  Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940s, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfill his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. Directed by Biyi Bandele.

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