Set to be released nationwide in the UK and Nigeria on 25th July, this historical drama, blended with romance, is both powerful and thought-provoking!

A bold film debut by Emmy-Nominated BBC Journalist Gbolahan Peter MacJob!

 

If you're seeking a powerful and empowering narrative that celebrates the resilience of African captives, unjustly and brutally enslaved, this film is for you!  Enslaved Africans get even as the story follows an ancestral uprising against the British slavers!

 

Set in the Bight of Benin and Colonial Jamaica in the 17th Century, "Ireke: Rise of The Maroons" unveils the existence of heroic Africans. These brave ancestors survived the Middle Passage to the 'New World' and then forced into harsh labor and inhuman exploitation on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica, just a few stops away from Brazil.

 

Resistance has always thrived among African captives, from Mackandal to Bois Caïman and Haiti's Independence, to King Zumbi in Brazil and the Quilombo Dos Palmares.

 

Through this captivating cinematic journey, from the Africa Movie Academy Award winning producers of “No Shade” – and directed by Emmy-nominated BBC journalist Gbolahan Peter Macjob, “Ireke: Rise of The Maroons” boldly brings the Maroons' story to a global audience through Nollywood Cinema. This is exciting news! African Cinema must continue to tell global stories from its own unique perspective and experience! 

 

A large number of African captives taken to the Americas were from West African regions inhabited by the Akan, Ashanti, Yoruba, Igbo and Ibibio peoples. This is reflected in the movie and extensive research has enriched the storytelling, highlighting the Igbo cultural elements within the Maroons community, such as green foliage camouflaging, and fittingly so, as it is, above all, a Nollywood film! Now, the two Jollof rival countries, Ghana and Nigeria, can add the origins of Queen Nanny to their friendly feud!

 

Despite a tight budget, "Ireke" is a mesmerizing cinematic experience. It's an epic film with a universal message of resistance and restoration, aiming to illuminate the shared ancestry between African and Caribbean nations.The first sequel delivers raw emotions. It is at times brutal and graphic, yet it hints at what lies ahead. As the main protagonist, Atanda, joins forces with the Maroons, he will, on his journey of liberation, confront his past and reclaim what was lost to embrace his destiny.

 

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Synopsis:

 

In 17th-century West Africa, a young prince named Atanda is betrayed by his uncle (Kolawole Ajeyemi), who murders the king—Atanda's father (Antar Laniyan)—with the help of British soldiers and sells the boy into slavery to seize the throne of Ile Wura.

 

Torn from his homeland and thrust into the harsh labor of a Jamaican sugarcane plantation, Atanda (Tobi Bakre) faces unimaginable hardship under the rule of the ruthless Master Gérard (Demetri Turin). Amid the violence, he finds forbidden love with Adunni (Atlanta Bridget Johnson), a mixed-heritage house slave whose strength and defiance make her a constant target of Lady Catherine (Alex Franklyn), the plantation owner's bitter and jealous wife.

 

When Adunni is accused of witchcraft in a scheme fueled by Catherine and her cunning maidservant Toro (Genevieve Edwin), the fragile order of the plantation collapses. As unrest turns to open rebellion, Atanda is drawn into the world of the Maroons, a rebel society of escaped slaves led by a mysterious and powerful priestess (Faithia Williams Balogun), whose vision of liberation compels him to confront his past and his destiny.

 

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Tickets - IREKE

Tickets - IREKE

Keighley Creative, Stockroom Cinema2.30pm | Book NOW!!! Genesis Cinema6.40pm | Book NOW!!! Lumiere Romford8.30pm | Book NOW!!! Odeon Birmingham New StreetTIME TBC Odeon GreenwichRED CARPET ...

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