Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham posted a message on her Instagram page expressing her happiness that her most recent film, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, had secured the largest opening for a biopic this weekend.
— Toyin Abraham posted a number of messages and questions from moviegoers.
Stop playing My Industry Mother’s Movie, @bolanleaustenpeters, she wrote. All movie theaters are still screening Funmilayo Ransome Kuti. I promise you should watch it. Hey, let’s go to the movies and watch Funmilayo Ransome Kuti.
According to reports from the News Agency of Nigeria, the highly anticipated biographical film “Funmilayo Ransome Kuti” debuted in theaters across the country on May 17.
One of the Nigerian feature films chosen for the 12th Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFG) 2023 was the biopic.
Celemarket also remembers that the movie “Funmilayo Ransome Kuti” was a 2024 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award (AMVCA) nominee for Best Costume Design and Best Writing Movie.
The life story of the late Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, a well-known Nigerian educator, political activist, and women’s rights advocate—as well as the mother of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the legendary Afrobeat artist—is shown in the film, which was written by Tunde Babalola and directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters.
The film also looked at her time at Abeokuta Grammar School, her union with Isreal Ransome-Kuti, and her revolutionary struggle against patriarchy and colonialism, which culminated in the founding of the Abeokuta Women’s Union.
The movie featured a few
