Step into her world, as oya goes on a mission to stop a lunatic, intent on killing an innocent. Oya rise of the orisas african superhero movie from nosa nedion on vimeo. They rule over the forces of nature and the endeavors of humanity. Featured in the bbc and brazils national paper, o globo, the african deities, orisha, return in a new 6 part story. You can now watch nosa igbinedions scifiaction short film oya. The 12minute short film stars ethosheia hlton as oya, prince shoyelu, jayde stedford, quincy okpokpor, luiana bonfim and orwi imanuel ameh.
Watch the short film set in the 1st ever african superhero universe based on the ancient deities known as the orisha. The animals connected to oya are deer, bats, birds, insects and water buffalo. Discover the movie inspired by the orishas mythology. Rise of the orishas is now available to watch online. If you click on the orishas tag at the end of this post, itll take you straight to the appropriate place. Oya is a complex orisha who has endured much sadness in her life.
As promised, here is the interview with the director of the up and coming film. In addition to the full length project, oya s creators have also. The project has been a hardwork of love for the nigerian native, who produces, writes and directs the upcoming short film. Followed in belief systems such as santeria, ifa and lucumi the orisha are followed by practitioners around the world. The londonbased filmmaker shared in a recent interview that he made the short film in order to prove that. The film resurrects mythical deities from african folklore, known as orishas, into modernday superheroes. Orishas to the superhero genre in the 2014 short film oya. While some speculated over what jordan may have meant in the full. She is known as the mother of nine for she gave birth to nine different stillborn children. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. The film reimagines deities known as orisas from yoruba cultural and religious heritage as modern day super heroes. Rise of the orisha resurrects mythical deities from african folklore, known as orishas, into modernday superheroes in britain. Oya rise of the orishas watch the trailer for oya rise of the orishas the new nigerian superhero movie by nosa igbinedon, featuring orishas as modern day heroes.
This story has been told orally for centuries but never in this manner, on the silver. She carries much sadness about her incapacity to give birth and she dresses with nine different colored scarves around her waist in. Rise of the orisha the series premium edition purchase your copy and witness the birth of the 1st african superhero universe. Kimbanda oyarise of the orisha completo legendado o. Rise of the suporishas is an exciting action packed film, written and directed by nosa igbinedion. There were several reasons why i wanted to interview nosa igbindeon. The image of oya oya is a tall, lithe woman who wears a beautiful burgundy dress with. According to the yoruba religion of nigeria west africa orishas are a collective of charismatic deities. Igbinedions production company igodo films recently shared oya. The film resurrects mythical deities from african folklore, known as orishas, into modernday superheroes, focusing on ade, one of the few people in the modern world who still has a connection with one of the gods oya. This story is part of the shared fictional universe made up of a pantheon of african deities known as orishas, which was established in the highly successful and widely viewed over 500k short oya rise of the orisha. Oya rise of the orixas african superhero movie on vimeo.
The film resurrects mythical deities from african folklore, known as orishas, into. Inspired by the ancient african deities known as orisha and religious traditions of yoruba people of western nigeria, we present oya. Uk based producer, nosa igbinedion premieres the trailer for the soontobe released movie, oya. Rise of the orishas, which reimagines the orishas folkloric.
Oya s job is to keep the doorway between the world of man and the world of the orishas firmly closed for, if it is opened, the orishas will wreak havoc upon the earth as retribution for mans. Link to video owners profile oya rise of the orisas african superhero movie. The definitive list of african and african diaspora movies. It is not often we get to see a superhero movie by an african with interesting visual effects. The orishas are the emissaries of olodumare or god almighty. Things get more complicated when she is possessed by the water goddess yemoja. Nosa igbinedion, a young filmmaker presents oya rise of the orisha. The 12minute short film stars ethosheia hlton as oya, prince shoyelu, jayde stedford, quincy okpokpor, luiana bonfim and. Official trailer orishas the hidden pantheon youtube. They also revealed that the oya project has been adapted for the silver screen with principal photography on the featurelength film version scheduled to begin later this year in brazil. Nigerian filmmaker nosa igbinedions african superhero movie oya. Nigerian writer, director and producer nosa igbinedions superhero film oya. In this sacred story of oya, orisha oya was married to male orisha shango, the orisha of fire. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet.
They recognise themselves and are recognised through their different numbers and colors which are their marks, and each has their own favorite foods and other things which they like to receive as offerings and gifts. She is the goddess of storms and winds, and her realm ranges from rainbows to thunder. She can manifest as winds ranging from the gentlest breeze to the raging hurricane or cyclone. Rise of the orisha a film he wrote, directed, and produced that was released earlier this year. Oya rise of the orisas african superhero movie on vimeo. Sacred stories of the orishas journey of a 21st century. Watch the trailer for oya rise of the orishas the new nigerian superhero movie by nosa igbinedon, featuring orishas as modern day heroes. Watch the next instalment in the shared universe of the west african deities called orisha, yemoja rise of the orisha at. Rise of the orisha focuses on ade, one of the few people in the modern world who still has a connection with one of the gods oya. Rise of the orishas watch 12minute short superhero. The orishas i featured for my online study are as follows. This new chapter focuses on the orisha of the ocean, the mother whose children are fish, yemoja.
Rise of the orisha resurrects mythical deities from african folklore, known as orishas, into moder check out oya. Rise of the suporishas is an exciting action packed film, written and. Set in the exciting new shared fictional universe made up of a pantheon of african deities known as orisha, which was established in the highly successful and widely viewed short oya rise of. The film resurrects mythical deities from african folklo african deities clash in african superhero movie oya rise of the orishas nerd underground oya. The orisha, african gods of the santeria religion have been all. The symbols associated with oya are the lightning bolt, the machete, masks and gravestones.