British-based filmmaker with roots in Edo State, Nosa Igbinedion has stated that the art of creating movies is spiritual.
Igbinedion who has so far come up with the Rise of the Orisa brand – a series with African deities as superheroes – said this in a recent interview with The Nation.
“This world isn’t just what we can see with our eyes. So, for me, film and filmmaking is my philosophy. And at the same time, I think it’s almost like a spiritual practice in itself. So, I think that, for me, I like to explore these things that we can’t see, these spiritual realms, these spiritual entities,” he was quoted as saying.
“But it’s never been something that I’ve said to myself that I wanted to make spiritual movies. It’s just a thing which I gravitated to. It’s almost like the movies choose me to make them and then they come out. But it’s interesting you just said that because I’ve never actually looked back at those movies and said they all have that same theme but it’s very true,” he added.
The Rise of the Orisa has seen the production of two movies already, Oya which was screened at the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) last November and Yemoja which was released recently.
