Nigeria’s debut musical animation for cinemas

A family-centred musical animation, SADE, created and directed by U.K-based musician and film maker, Miller Luwoye, and produced by author and speaker, O.B.A Owolabi, will soon hit the big screen.  The new Nollywood film featuires an impressive ensemble of actors and singers like King Sunny Ade, Bimbo Manuel, Omowunmi Dada, Norbert Young, Yinka Davies, Gabriel […]

A family-centred musical animation, SADE, created and directed by U.K-based musician and film maker, Miller Luwoye, and produced by author and speaker, O.B.A Owolabi, will soon hit the big screen. 

The new Nollywood film featuires an impressive ensemble of actors and singers like King Sunny Ade, Bimbo Manuel, Omowunmi Dada, Norbert Young, Yinka Davies, Gabriel Afolayan and Omolara Ayodele among others.

The animation themed around ‘tender loving kindness’ that traverses family and the general society, is scheduled to hit the cinema in 2018.

It is voiced by notable thespians including Bimbo Manuel, Norbert Young, Omowunmi Dada, Gabriel Afolayan, Biodun Aleja, Jude Orhorha, Yemi Shodimu, Judith Audu, Kate Adepegba, Deji Adenuga, and Ngozi Nwosu, while deploying the musical artistry of celebrated icons in crafting a world-standard audio-visual production.

According to a release quoting Luwoye, “The entire songs in this movie are originally written for the SADE project, featuring King Sunny Ade, Cobhams Asuquo, Deola Adebiyi, Omolara Ayodele and productions from some of the hottest producers on the scene, including Young John, Ini Dminstrel, Cobhams Asuquo, Kent Edunjobi and others.” 

A Greathouse Entertainment Network production, it tells the story of a little girl, Sade and her family who adopt TEJ, a wandering dog and victim of a hit-and-run driver.  Soon, the society discovers that TEJ is not an ordinary dog, hence the race by the ‘powers that be’ to abduct the dog from Sade’s family begins.

The film is set in Lagos and harnesses current and imminent features of a mega city in an enchanting adventure of entertainment, recreation, and township sensations.

As part of the SADE experience in Nigeria, a trailer will be released in February 2018, to be followed by a series of great activations ahead of the cinema release in the second quarter of 2018.