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In recent times, conversations on women’s rights and identity have intensified, with certain personalities taking it as an avenue to educate the populace on the women who have contributed and have been impactful in this movement. Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is one of the few.
Bolanle Austen-Peters, through her biopic, would be highlighting the icon’s tireless activism while telling the narrative in contrast with how she was able to balance her responsibilities as a mother and wife while changing the course of history.
Here’s all you need to know about Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, the movie, before seeing the biopic:
Kehinde Bankole Plays Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
After her iconic roles in Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 and Biodun Stephen’s Sista, Kehinde Bankole also took up the role of Funmilayo Ransome Kuti in the biopic currently showing in the cinema. The Award-winning actress had revealed that playing this role ‘would educate the younger generation about heroines like Funmilayo Ransome Kuti and fulfilling their life dreams and purposes.’
Funmilayo Is Also Known As The Lioness of Lisabi
In 1943, when Abeokuta women shed tears over the income tax levelled against them, the women, with support from their husbands, pressured Oba Ademola II to suspend the taxation of women, which eventually led to his exile.
The media had tagged Ransome-Kuti the ‘Lioness of Lisabi,’ (Lisabi is the traditional hero of the Egba people).
‘We gave a hell of a time to the chiefs, the government, to all those who were responsible for the systematic pauperisation of the mass of the people,’ She had told Drum in 1959.
The Kuti’s Play An Active Role
From Yeni Kuti to Dotun Ransome-Kuti, Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Kunle Ransome-Kuti, Femi, and Made Kuti, they all featured in the biopic in varied capacities.
The Oscars
The release of the Bolanle Austen-Peters produced film would be limited due to the Oscars’ Academy requirements on how films in consideration can only show in their original country for seven days.
The biopic screening, only happening at Silverbird Cinemas, Victoria Island, Lagos, would end on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
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