Before he became Africa's first Nobel Prizewinner in Literature, a small campus bungalow at the University of Ibadan played an outsized role in the life of a man, Wole Soyinka, his family, his university, and the nation. Here's the story. How do we preserve not just what we remember but the physical markers of such transient memory?

mit / estrelado / starring / avec
Wole Soyinka, Niyi Osundare, Femi Euba, Femi Elufowoju jr OBE ("Narrator" | "Narrateur")

ein film von | um filme de | a film by | un film de
Kọ́lá TÚBỌ̀SÚN (Kola TUBOSUN)

Nigeria | 2024 | Feature Documentary | 1h41 | Portrait | Color | in English

First Documentary | 1er Documentaire


DIRECTOR STATEMENT:
History is not always printed in books. It surrounds us everywhere we look: in faces, in physical structures, in stories passed down from mouth to mouth.

"Ebrohimie Road" is my first film project, a passion project in documentation and the retrieval of history. It continues my engagement with the subject of memory and archiving, which has occupied me as a linguist, creative writer, and tech innovator.

In the documentary film, we examine how the personal story of one man and one family became the story of the whole nation at a crucial time. In "Ebrohimie Road", which doubles as an exploration of history and an exhumation of what is lost, I discover not just a hidden part of Nigerian literary, cultural, and political history, but also how ecological changes contribute to the erosion of memory.

The work is also unique in the way it documents the life and legacy of Africa's first Nobel Prizewinner from a time in his life before he became a household name - from an angle of the personal and the intimate, using a physical location as an anchor.

I look forward to seeing how the crowd reacts to it, and how it continues the conversation about what and how we remember.


Titel / Título / Title / Titre :
Ebrohimie Road: A Museum of Memory
Ebrohimie Road

Filmgattung | Tipo | Type :
Dokumentarfilm | Feature Documentary | Long métrage Documentaire

Runtime | Durée :
101 mins | 01:41:03 | 1h 41 minutes 03 seconds

Country of production | Pays de production :
Nigeria | Nigéria

Country of Filming | Pays de tournage :
Nigeria, United States | Nigéria, USA

Genre :
Portrait

Produktionsjahr / Ano de Produção / Year of production / Année de production :
2024

Production Budget:
80,000 USD | 80 000 dollars US

Language | Langue :
English | Anglais

Shooting Format:
RED

Aspect Ratio | Format :
16.9

Film Color | Couleurs :
Color | Couleur

First-time Filmmaker | Premier film de ce cinéaste :
Yes | Oui

CAST | PARTICIPANT.E.S :
Femi Elufowoju jr OBE...................... "Narrator" | Narrateur
Wole Soyinka.................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Niyi Osundare................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Olayide Soyinka.............................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Olaokun Soyinka............................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Peyibomi Soyinka-Airewele............... "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Moremi Soyinka-Onijala.................... "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Ilemakin Soyinka............................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Femi Osofisan.................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Femi Euba....................................... "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Kitibi Oyawoye................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Dan Izevbaye.................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Remi Raji........................................ "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Odia Ofeimun.................................. "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Kunle Idowu.................................... "Self" | Dans son propre rôle
Joop Berkhout..................................

Producers | Producteurs :
Kola Tubosun
Olajide Bello
Tunde Kelani

REGISSEUR / REGIA / REALIZADOR / DIRECTOR / RÉALISATEUR :
Kola TUBOSUN

Screenwriter | Scénariste :
Kola Tubosun

Cinematography | Directeur Photo :
Tunde Kelani


CONTACT (Print Copy / Diffusion du film, Festivals) :
- Pietro Cremona | www.instagram.com/pietrocremona/


FESTIVALS - PROJECÇÕES / FESTIVALS - SCREENINGS / PROJECTIONS (selection) :


Winner: Best Documentary
- USA-Africa International Film Festival Los Angeles (2024)
- Hawaii International Film Awards (2024)
- Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival (2024)
- Spotlight Documentary Film Awards (Silver award winner) - January 2025
- Bare Bones Music-Doc-Script Festival (February 2025)
- Travel Beyond Borders Film Festival (February 2025)

Semi-Finalist
- Palermo International Film Festival (November 2024)
- Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival (September 2024)
- Sacramento Independent Film Festival (September 2024)
- Oslo Independent Film Festival (October 2024)
- Calgary Indie Film Awards (November 2024)
- Hong Kong Indie Film Festival (August 2024)
- Detroit Independent Film Festival (January 2025)
- Dumbo Film Festival

Nominee
- Abuja International Film Festival (October 2024)
- Montreal Independent Film Festival (October 2024)
- Africa International Film Festival - AFRIFF (October 2024)
- The Atlantis Awards (February 2025)
- Inside Nollywood International Film Festival & Awards

Official Selection
- Girona Film Festival (November 2024)
- Travel Beyond Film Festival - TBFF (December 2024)
- The White Rose International Film Festival (November 2024)
- Third Poetic Cinema Festival (October 2024)
- Touchstone Independent Film Festival (September 2024)
- 6th Literature in Cinema (November 2024)
- Bare Bones Music-Doc-Script Festival (November 2024)
- Motion Pictures International Film Festival (October 2024)
- Inside Nollywood international Film Fesitval & Awards (November 2024)
- Trans Africa International Film Festival (december 10, 2024)
- African Film Festival Atlanta (October 2024)
- Granada Film Festival (August 2024)
- LA Underground Railroad Film Festival (March 2025)
- Coal City Film Festival (March 2025)
- iREPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (March 2025)
- France USA-Africa International Film Festival (Cannes Riviera, August 2025)
Finalist
- Power24 International Film Festival (August 2024)

Honourable Mention
- Imo International Film Festival (November 2024)
- Travel Beyond Borders Film Festival (February 2025)


Fuente / Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
► Africiné Magazine (Dakar)
► www.instagram.com/ebrohimie_road_movie/
► https://ebrohimie.olongoafrica.com/
► https://filmfreeway.com/EbrohimieRoad
► Programme du Festival Cannes Riviera 2025
Updated by Thierno DIA, 13 August 2025