June 22, 2015

Nigeria Film Industry Pioneers, Francis Oladele Dies


 
Pictured is the pioneer of the Nigerian film industry Francis Oladele, aged 82 who passed on  this morning June 22nd after a brief illness. May his soul rest in peace.

 He established his film company Calpenny-Nigeria Films Limited, in 1965 and produced his first movie, Kongi’s Harvest, based on Wole Soyinka’s dramatic epic of the same title in 1970. He did a lot for our film industry.
 
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