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Nigerian Director of ‘All the Colours of the World’ on His Former University Roommate Who Was Lynched for Being Gay (EXCLUSIVE)
Director Babatunde Apalowo knew his film depicting two men falling in love would never see the inside of a cinema in Nigeria.
Before he had even shot a single frame in Lagos, director Babatunde Apalowo knew his film depicting two men falling in love would never see the inside of a cinema in Nigeria. For a Nollywood film, Apalowo’s directorial feature debut is an extremely testy on-screen exploration within an African country where homosexuality is illegal and punishable by imprisonment, flogging and death. He kept persevering and eventually got Tope Tedela as Bambino and Riyo David as Bawa – realizing full well that another hurdle was Nigerian censorship since Apalowo wasn’t going to compromise his film artistically.
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