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Ethosheia Hylton Is A Force Of One In The New Poster For OYA: RISE OF THE SUPORISHAS

It’s been a year since U.K.-based director and VFX wizard Nosa Ignebideon and his team launched their crowdfunder for their ambitious new African Superheroine sci-fi adventure, Oya: Rise Of The Orisha. Gladly, the project sought its way through the production of its shortfilm pitch which has since undergone post-production with the goal of appealing to financiers for a much larger feature-length expansion of the concept. And here to continue purporting that concept is the brand new poster which you can check out below:

According to the Yoruba religion of Nigeria [West Africa] Orishas are a collective of charismatic deities with specialised supernatural gifts, powers and responsibilities. They are comparable to the gods of the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Roman civilisation. Tradition has it that these supernatural beings once walked the earth with humanity. The reverence and worship that was shown to them by the ordinary Yoruba people elevated their status and increased their power… 

For centuries the doorway between the world of the Orishas and our world has remained closed, until now. Our hero, Ade, is one of the few people with a connection to one of the gods, Oya. She has been tasked with the job of protecting the innocent and that means keeping the door to the gods shut. If the doorway to the gods is opened, they will wreak chaos upon us as retribution for our abandonment of them. To keep the door shut, she must find ‘the key’, a young girl with the potential to open the doorway, and keep her safe.  

The adventure unfolds with a host of memorable characters and a string of unexpected twists, Ade, goes in search of the key, battling against those who wish to open portal and unleashing a horde of forgotten gods and goddesses into the world, with powers and skills beyond our comprehensive and supernatural gifts which will change the course of history for mankind, forever.

Actress Ethosheia Hylton stars in the film which will make its North American screen debut on July 18 at the 2nd annual Matatu Film Festival in Oakland, CA, which runs from July 16 to 19. Check out the trailer below from a few months ago and visit the official Matatu Film Festival website for more info.

H/T: Indiewire
Lee B. Golden III
Native New Yorker. Been writing for a long time now, and I enjoy what I do. Be nice to me!
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