Gbege, popularly known as the first born saga, is a 2022

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movie produced and directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imaseun. The movie is centred around the preservation and clarification of

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Cultures and Traditions and stars popular actors and actresses such as

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, Nosa Rex,

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, and Omoruyi Akpata.

Plot

The movie is centred around a first born, Zigzag, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. He lost his father during his jail term and he insisted on performing his late father's rite as demanded by the tradition. However, he has to go through his brother, a politician who will not stop until the tradition is abolished.

Premiere

The movie was first premiered at the 2022 Nollywood Film Festival Germany (NFFG) that was held in

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. It got premiered at the 20th Nollywood Film Festival, powered by Ehizoya Golden Entertainment, (EGE) on July 29, 2022.{{Cite web , last=Acho , first=Affa , date=2022-07-17 , title=20th Nollywood Film Festival To Hold In Germany , url=https://leadership.ng/20th-nollywood-film-festival-to-hold-in-germany/ , access-date=2022-10-20 , language=en-US The movie also got premiered privately by the Oba of Benin and some dignitaries before it was finally released in Cinema across the country on October 7, 2022

Cast

The cast in the movie are; *

*Ebele Okaro *Sam Dede *

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, *Ini Edo *Zubby *Sanni Muaizu *

*Harry B, *

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, * Nosa Rex, *Destiny Agbai *Henry Anyanwu *Mary Arues *Diamond Oghogho *Junior Pope and

References

2022 films Nigerian drama films