Shadow Parties

Shadow Parties
Directed by	Yemi Amodu
Screenplay by	Ade Derek Adeniji Yemi Amodu
Produced by	Yemi Amodu Doyin Amodu
Starring	Yemi Blaq Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Toyin Abraham Jide Kosoko Sola Sobowale Magdalena Korpas Lucien Morgan
Cinematography	Lukman Abdulrahman
Edited by	Kazeem Oyewo
Music by	Franklin Israel
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	6 September 2021
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Nigeria
Language	English

Shadow Parties is a 2021 Nigerian political drama film directed and produced by Yemi Amodu. The film stars Yemi Blaq, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Toyin Abraham, Jide Kosoko, Sola Sobowale, Magdalena Korpas, and Lucien Morgan. It premiered on Netflix on 6 September 2021.

Plot

The theme of the film revolves around a communal clash in which Aremu from Aje, a town that neighbours Iludun, where his wife, Arike was born, well known for fratricidal wars, which had claimed the lives of Arike's parents. The two towns were thrown into war after the kinsmen of Aremu decided to burn his wife and child alive claiming she was an enemy which then triggered reprisal attacks from the Iluduns led by Lowo, Arike's brother.

Cast

• Toyin Abraham as Arike
• Toyin Adegbola as Queen of Aje Land
• Yemi Blaq as Owuteru
• Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde as Princess Fadekemi
• Romoke Ajayi as Queen of Iludun Land
• Segun Arinze as Chief Obanla
• Saheed Balogun as Akuwe
• Jibola Dabo as King of Aje Land
• Ken Erics as Aremu
• Gbemisola Faleti as Akanji
• Chris Iheuwa as Ben Akuga
• Magdalena Korpas as Atilola's Wife
• Jide Kosoko as Chief Atilola
• Sola Kosoko as Asabi
• Lola Lawal as Nurse
• Rotimi Makinde as King of Iludun Land
• Lucien Morgan as Ian
• Tunde Oladimeji as Ayinla
• Hafiz Oyetoro as Bogumbe
• Rotimi Salami as Akinola
• Jimi Sholanke as Akanji's Father
• Sola Sobowale as Amoke
• Bode Sowande as Professor

Awards and nominations