Maami

Followed by a Q&A with director Tunde Kelani

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Nigerian footballer Kashimawo returns home days before the final selections for Nigeria’s World Cup team, and through revisiting his past - his hardscrabble childhood in the town of Abeokuta, where his single mother struggled to raise him – has to make some serious decisions. With a stellar cast, and based on a well-known Nigerian novel, Maami sees veteran Nigerian director Kelani fuse the energy of Nollywood with the seriousness of Yoruba cultural heritage.

Dir. Tunde Kelani. Nigeria. 2011. 92 min. Print Source: Mainframe Productions