Award-winning film director, producer and actor, Abiodun Jimoh has teased his fans with his latest production, Luwo Gbagida.
The AMVCA winner recently released a short teaser from the epic film billed for release in the year.
The epic film began shooting in 2020 after Jimoh made the announcement at a briefing in Lagos.
In a chat with The Nation, Jimoh said the decision to shoot ‘Luwo Gbagida’ was sparked off by his curiosity on the historic female monarch.
“We are here to talk about a story history has shied away from. In the course of doing this, a lot of research went down. We have heard about Efunsetan Aniwura, Efunroye Tinubu, Queen Amina, Queen Moremi, to mention but a few. But, why is it that nobody ever talked about Luwo Gbagida?
“Luwo Gbagida was a woman who came before her time. I say she came before her time because today we are advocating women’s rights, women in power, the concept of feminism etc. But Luwo came at a time the world was just built around the men.
It was men in control, the women were there to listen, to follow men’s orders. Luwo came at that time and changed the narrative,” he explained.
‘Lúwo Gbàgìdá’ tells the story of the 21st Ooni of Ife, a paramount traditional ruler of Ile Ife, the ancestral home of the Yoruba in the 10th century. She was the daughter of a descendant of Ooni Otaataa from Owode compound, Okerewe, and a descendant of Ooni Lafogido.
The film features Ayobami Badejoko, Mercy Aigbe, Anike Ami, Saidi Balogun, Funky Mallam, Aisha Lawal, Oyin Adegbenro, Akin Lewis, Razaq Olayiwola, Motunrayo Adijat, Olaide Almaroof, Omolara Kowoti, Jennifer Aidi, Bayo Adeyemo and Ojumola Bello.
