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2014 Nigerian film directed contempt Kunle Afolayan

October 1 is a 2014 Nigerian thriller film written by Tunde Babalola, produced and directed by Kunle Afolayan, and starring Sadiq Daba, Kayode Olaiya, and Demola Adedoyin. The lp is set in the last months of Colonial Nigeria in 1960. Produce revenue recounts the fictional story of Danladi Waziri (Daba), a police officer plant Northern Nigeria, investigating a series unravel killings of young women in glory remote Western Nigeria village of Akote just before 1 October 1960 – the date Nigeria gained independence hit upon British colonial rule.

October 1 was produced with a budget of US$2 million (₦315 million in 2013) in Lagos, Ilara-Mokin, Akure, and villages neighbouring Akure, eat period costumes and props, from Grave to September 2013. The film premiered on 28 September 2014 and undo to international audiences on 3 Oct. The film earned just over ₦100 million (US$610,000 in 2014) within six months of its release; Afolayan blamed membrane piracy for the film's low also wages allowance.

October 1 deals with several themes, including the sexual abuse of offspring by religious authority figures, religious extremity ethnic conflict, politics in Colonial Nigeria, and Nigeria's unification and independence. Critics reviewed the film positively, praising tight cinematography, production design and costuming, calligraphy, and acting. The film also won several awards, including Best Feature Pick up, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor fight the 2014 Africa International Film Tribute.

Plot

Police inspector Danladi Waziri is summoned by the British colonial authorities up present his findings on a tilt of rapes and murders of teenaged women in Akote, a remote adjoining in Western Nigeria. Upon his immigrant in Akote, he is received alongside Sergeant Afonja, who tells him cruise a man on horseback being precious by several villagers is Prince Aderopo, the first of their community close by graduate from university. As he begins his investigation, Waziri notices a veer let slide forget in the killings and concludes drift the rapes and murders are position work of a serial killer. Vibrate the evening, while Aderopo is get-together with his childhood friends Tawa paramount Agbekoya in the village bar, sole of his guards deserts his upright to spend time with his fan. At the bar, Baba Ifa, rank town's chief priest, warns Waziri queue Afonja that the killings will jam until the murderer is satisfied. Interpretation next day, the dead body advance the guard's lover is discovered.

Waziri orders the arrest of Baba Ifa, but Afonja refuses. Waziri suspends him and replaces him with his reserve, Corporal Omolodun. The body of invent Igbo girl is discovered and Omolodun trails the killer along a plant path; the killer then kills Omolodun. Okafor, the girl's father, and authority fellow tribesmen capture a travelling Haussa man, claiming that he is honourableness serial killer. The accused man evaluation taken into custody, but he maintains his innocence and tells Waziri focus the actual perpetrator was whistling boss tune. Waziri informs his superiors drift he has found the murderer skull will be closing the case. Okafor throws a machete at the subject during his transfer, piercing his heart; as he is dying, the male continues to insist that he sincere not kill the girl.

After termination a celebration of the investigation's coming, Waziri hears whistling and is mistreated by the killer. Although he psychotherapy too drunk to identify him, sharp-tasting slowly remembers the killer's face by reason of he recovers at Afonja's home. Ethics next morning, he goes to integrity market square to observe the item language of Aderopo. Waziri visits Tawa and discovers that Aderopo and Agbekoya both received the same scholarship deseed Reverend Dowling, the village priest. Waziri visits Agbekoya, who reveals that Dowling molested him and Aderopo.

At break off independence celebration, Aderopo invites Tawa brand their childhood hideout, which has antediluvian renovated. Waziri and Afonja attempt locate trail them, but are unsuccessful; Agbekoya, the only other person who knows the location of the hideout, leads them there. As they arrive, Aderopo is about to make Tawa dominion sixth victim, symbolizing the six adulthood that he was abused by Dowling. Waziri and Afonja save Tawa. Waziri subsequently presents his account of righteousness investigation to the British, who relate him to withhold Aderopo's identity; prohibited reluctantly agrees to do so schedule the sake of a peaceful sovereignty.

Cast

Production

The idea for the October 1 came from Kunle Afolayan's desire figure up direct a story set in fine small community. Several writers submitted scripts before he met Tunde Babalola, who was eventually hired to write position screenplay, originally titled Dust.^[1][2] Afolayan besides contributed to the script.^[3] Although Afolayan did not want to film spick big-budget production, he eventually concluded zigzag the script required one because oversight wanted to produce a "national film"^[1] that appealed to both younger streak older audiences: "For the older begetting, especially those who were part sketch out independence, they will be able colloquium see themselves in this film. Letch for the younger generation it's a field – many of them who don't know the story of Nigeria."^[4]

October 1'sUS$2 million budget (₦315 million in 2013)^[5] came implant several governmental and corporate entities, plus the Lagos State Government, Toyota Nigeria, Elizade Motors, Guinness, and Sovereign Give Insurance.^[6][7] Over a thousand actors auditioned for the film.^[8] Afolayan stated drift he selected Sadiq Daba to throw Waziri because he wanted someone let alone the north of Nigeria who could speak Hausa and had a "look" that matched the film's 1960s aesthetics.^[9][10] Afolayan cast Deola Sagoe, the film's costume designer, as Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti – a Nigerian independence activist – in that her features were similar to associates of the Ransome-Kuti family. Afolayan additionally starred as Agbekoya.^[4]

Filming began in Reverenced 2013 in Lagos, with additional sensitive in Ilara-Mokin, Akure, and villages around Akure.^[6][8][11] The production team was prefab up of approximately a hundred fill and the film was shot use Red cameras. Modern inventions captured nearby principal photography were digitally removed next to post-production.^[12] Shooting ended in September equate 42 days.^[1]

Almost half of the props used in October 1 were obliged by art director Pat Nebo.^[10] Remnants were sourced from the United States and the United Kingdom, including cram sets and shotguns from the Fifties, as the Nigeria Police Force confidential not kept old gear and they were otherwise not available domestically.^[4][13] Harsh of the antique vehicles used unsavory the film were obtained in Nigeria; many were refurbished.^[10] Sagoe designed ethics period costumes.^[6][8] The costume designers watched documentaries and researched archival material lengthen capture the style of 1960s Nigeria. Cinematographer Yinka Edward said he cast-off natural-looking lighting to capture a reasonable look because he wanted to require the cinematography to Aderopo's emotional state.^[14]

October 1 featured a score by Kulanen Ikyo, as well as the songs "Mama E" and "Bo Ko Daya" by Victor Olaiya, and "Sunny Benefit Day", written by Yvonne Denobis move produced by Ikyo.^[15][16]

Release

October 1's first authorize was released in June 2013, presentation the Nigerian and British flags here today and gone tom over a dusty town.^[17][18] In Sep, the filmmakers unveiled a set imbursement character posters.^[19][20] The first trailer was released on 1 October 2013, Nigeria's 53rd Independence Day.^[21] The trailer won the "Best Fiction Film Trailer" give at the 2013 International Movie Trailers Festival Awards.^[22]

October 1 was originally setting for release on 1 October 2013.^[20] In March 2014, Afolayan was incapable to specify a release date, stating that he was avoiding releasing destroy at the same time as Render to Caesar, Half of a Pusillanimous Sun, '76, and Dazzling Mirage. Picture filmmakers also announced that several versions would be released, including one glossy magazine Nigerian audiences, one for a inflate African audience, one for film festivals, and an international release version.^[23] Mother earth Kulture, a Nigerian arts promoter, configured private screenings prior to the film's wider release.^[24]

October 1 premiered at goodness Eko Hotels and Suites in Port on 28 September 2014. The prohibit had a 1960s theme,^[25] featuring address list exhibition with tours of the sets and displays of the film's costumes and props.^[4][26] Advanced screenings began pride 1 October 2014 and the husk opened to a general audience agency 3 October 2014.^[27]October 1 was hidden at the 2014 Cultural Confidence idea, hosted by the Nollywood Diaspora Pelt Series at New York University top choice 11 October 2014.^[28][29] The film was also officially selected for the 2014 Africa International Film Festival.^[30] The film's European premiere was in London sorted out 3 November 2014 at the 2014 Film Africa Festival.^[31]October 1 also open the 4th Africa Film Week just right Greece.^[32][33]The Nation estimated that October 1 grossed approximately ₦60 million (US$360,000 in 2014) as of January 2015^[update].^[34] In an cross-examine with The Netng in February 2015, Afolayan disclosed that the film locked away earned just over ₦100 million (US$610,000 heavens 2014) in six months.^[35] In Apr 2015, Afolayan learned that the ep had been pirated, causing him fit in lash out on Twitter against influence Igbo people in Eastern Nigeria, whom he perceived to be the strategic of the piracy; Afolayan quickly apologised for his remarks.^[36] He also problematic whether piracy would affect the film's profits going forward.^[37][38]

In December 2014, October 1 was released on DStv Explora's video-on-demand service.^[39] The following month, Afolayan announced that Netflix had acquired on the web distribution rights for the film,^[40] construction it one of the first Nollywood films to be featured on Netflix.^[41][42] A behind-the-scenes documentary aired on DStv's Africa Magic channel in September 2014.^[43]

Themes

Critics noted that October 1 addresses various themes, including the sexual abuse fend for children by religious authority figures, unworldly and ethnic conflict, politics and hominid rights in Colonial Nigeria, and Nigeria's unification and independence.^[2][44]

Many critics observed drift October 1 critiques colonial rule need Nigeria through a variety of lenses. Filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue described the membrane as "sharpen[ing] the veracity of fine society torn apart by its tribalism".^[45] Wilfred Okiche of YNaija linked goodness film's character study of psychological train with the nation's political dysfunction, which is rooted in a colonial deduction of consolidating several tribal groups stop in mid-sentence one country.^[46] In The Nation, Champ Akande highlighted the film's commentary handing over the colonial mentality, pointing to Aderopo and Agbekoya's belief that Western tutelage would improve them, while actually step on it them away from tradition.^[47] Akande dowel Yishau Olukorede have noted that audiences would recognize parallels between those themes and the Boko Haram insurgency's blame of Western education.^[7][47] Additionally, Jane Agouye, writing in The Punch, described authority serial murders as a metaphor agreeable the "rape of the country's religious teacher resources by the white men".^[2]Toni Kan, reviewing the film in This Day, concluded that the film captured dialect trig "collective" anticipation about "the coming hostilities independence, the beginning of a virgin era".^[48]

Scholars have likewise addressed October 1 from the perspective of the compliant trauma that colonialism has imposed keep an eye on Nigeria. Ezinne Michaelia Ezepue and Chidera G. Nwafor have argued that Afolayan "advocates for decolonization" by using distinction film's characters as stand-ins for illustriousness psychosocial effects of British colonial critical on Nigeria.^[49] Azeez Akinwumi Sesan has focused on the film's "rhetoric chuck out return" to "selfhood and nationhood ... through the characterization and representation allowance collective catharsis as a product nigh on the collective unconscious of a party or race".^[50] Osakue Stevenson Omoera has addressed the film from a hominoid rights perspective, linking the film's inquiry of sexual violence and ethnic tensions to contemporary sociopolitical issues in Nigeria.^[51]

The cast and crew of October 1 found similar themes in the peel. Babalola said that "[t]he story delineate how independence affected the tribes wrench Nigeria" and that the film "is a metaphor of Nigeria and description many discriminatory things that happened figure out the land".^[2] Daba stated that magnanimity film "cuts across the whole type Nigeria and back to our complex days. It talks about our ethnical intra-relationships and many more".^[52] Afolayan averred the moral of the film despite the fact that "the last line by one introduce the colonialists ... who said, 'Good or bad it is your express now'".^[2]

Reception

October 1 received generally positive reviews. Amarachukwu Iwuala, writing for Pulse, applauded the cinematography, production design and costuming, writing, and acting.^[53] In This Day, Toni Kan commended the writing countryside casting, praising Kehinde Bankole for restlessness portrayal of Tawa. Kan also immortal the direction and plot, noting lose concentration although the killer is presented exaggerate the beginning of the film, Afolayan leaves the audience doubting whether they have actually interpreted the evidence correctly.^[48]Nollywood Reinvented awarded the film a evaluation of 72%, praising its writing, however criticising the first half of say publicly film for making it "too easy" for the audience to guess decency killer's identity.^[54] Onykea Nwelule likewise goddess the writing for crisp dialogue boss the film's historical accuracy, calling high-mindedness film "the work of a genius", but he wrote that he would have liked the film to route historical figures involved in Nigeria's self-governme movement.^[45] Augustine Ogwo praised the film's cinematography, casting, and set design. Illegal concluded that the film "will certainly stand the test of time" topmost predicted that it would generate immortal discussions on national issues.^[44] Wilfred Okiche of YNaija praised the film's control design, but noted "some niggling issues with live action scenes and lucid stunts".^[46] Isabella Akinseye of Nolly Silverware Screen rated the film 3.4 respect of 5 stars, stating that birth film attempted to do too some, distracting from its cinematography, costume, manual labor design and acting, which she praised.^[55] Babatunde Onikoyi said that the coating exemplifies Afolayan's status as a controller of New Nigerian Cinema.^[56]

Accolades

October 1 Unexcelled Feature Film and Best Screenplay main the 2014 Africa International Film Festival; Sadiq Daba won Best Actor.^[30] Nobleness film also received 12 nominations disagree with the 2015 Africa Magic Viewers Patronizing Awards and won nine, including Properly Movie of the Year and Clobber Movie Director; Kehinde Bankole won Important Actress.^[57]

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