Nse Ikpe Etim, Dakore Akande, Omoni Oboli and Ireti Doyle dazzle in new promo shoot

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Dakore Akande, Omoni Oboli, Nse Ikpe Etim & Ireti Doyle look dazzingly beautiful in this promo shoot for a new movie, titled Fifty is sold out. Directed by Biyi Bandele and produced by Ebony Life Films, 

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The movie centers on the lives of Lagos’ contemporary and glamorous upper class, sharing the world of four women as they rise above adversity to stand as they truly are; modern African women.

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Half of a Yellow Sun movie finally gets greenlight

Good news to movie enthusiasts especially those who have been anticipating the release of the screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s award-winning book, Half of a Yellow sun. The movie has finally gotten a greenlight by the National Film & Video Censors Board (NFVCB) after months of delay. The Biyi-Bandele directed movie which was classified “18” has been approved for cinema release.

Why can't Nigerians see Half of a Yellow Sun? | By: Biyi Bandele.

When I heard last month that the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board, headquartered in Abuja, had indicated that it would be unable to issue certification for “Half of a Yellow Sun” in time for the film’s release date, I naturally assumed, at first, that what we were faced with was nothing more sinister than another instance of the typical, if frustrating, culture of wilful incompetence that we’d grappled with during the making of the film. While shooting the film in Nigeria two years ago, there were times when we felt ensnared in impenetrable jungles of red tape, when we would be given the go-head by one arm of the government only to find our path blocked by the other arm. I had no reason to assume that there might be anything more to it than that. I had no reason to assume, for instance, that the inability of the board to issue the film with a certificate might actually be a clumsy, heavy-handed ban in all but name.
After all, when the movie had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last autumn, amongst the entourage of Nigerians who flew in to Toronto for the occasion was Patricia Bala, director-general of the Nigerian censorship board. Bala had arrived in Toronto — I was told — with several of her colleagues from the censor’s office. I know for a fact that they watched the movie. I do not know for a fact that they all liked it. I cannot say if any one of them stood up when, as the end credits rolled, the audience rose and gave the film three standing ovations. But I do know that Bala was gracious enough to tell us after the screening how much she loved the movie. At no point did she express any reservations about the contents of the film.
It is now nearly eight months since Bala and her board first saw the movie in Toronto and a few weeks since she and her board have failed to issue “Half of a Yellow Sun” the certification that it needs that the law requires it obtains before it can be shown in cinemas in Nigeria. In those several days I’ve been assailed on Twitter, Facebook, and by email with rumors, innuendos, half-truths, and downright lies, disseminated sometimes directly from the censorship board (they have issued at least one press statement), about why “Half of a Yellow Sun” still hasn’t been issued with a ratings certificate.
The board claims that he has not banned the film but certain aspects of it “have some unresolved issues which have to be sorted out in accordance with the law and laid down regulations.” It has been rumored that FilmOne, the Nigerian distributors of “Half of a Yellow Sun,” might have been late in submitting the film for certification. Not true. Most films that are screened in Nigerian cinemas are shown to the censor only a day or two before the films open to the paying public. In documentations that have been shown to me, there are instances even of movies being shown to the censor days after the movies had officially opened to the public. “Half of a Yellow Sun” was scheduled to open on April 25. It was submitted to the censorship board at least two weeks earlier.
I’ve also heard tell that the censorship board’s inability to make a decision about a ratings certificate for my film has been brought upon it because of a sudden concern that a movie that depicts scenes from the Biafra war might provoke “tribal violence” in a country that has in recent months been besieged with terrorist bombings and profoundly shaken by the abduction of over 200 school girls by Boko Haram.
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Photos from the UK premiere of Half of a Yellow Sun movie

The UK premiere of Biyi Bandele-directed movie, Half of a Yellow Sun movie, was held yesterday tuesday 8th April 2014 at the Odeon Cinema, Streatham Hill, London, UK. In attendance were; Chimamanda Adichie; the writer of the award-winning novel, Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. The Nigeria premiere will take place this month.

Half of a Yellow Sun movie premieres in Lagos next month.

The wait is finally over. After two successful premieres at the at Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013 and the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival last October, highly anticipated film and adaptation of award-winning writer, Chimamanda’s first novel, Half of a Yellow Sun is finally storming Nigeria.
The movie which will premiere in Lagos on Friday, April 25, 2014 was directed by Biyi Bandele. It tells the story of four people during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Genevieve Nnaji, Zack Orji, OC Ukeje, Onyeka Onwenu to mention a few.

TIWA SAVAGE, CHRIS ATTOH, KC EJELONU OTHERS IN PROMO SHOT FOR MTV SHUGA

These are some of the faces you would be seeing in the new season of MTV drama series Shuga. The photoshoot was recently done at the Protea Hotel, Ikoyi, Westwood, Lagos by award-winning photographer, Kelechi Obi-Amadi.

The line up of actors/actresses include Tiwa Savage, Chris Attoh, Sharon Ezeamaka, James Timini Egbuson, Kachi Nnochiri, Leonora Okine, KC Ejelonu, Olumide Oworu to mention a few.

Directed by Biyi Bandele (the maverick director who handled Half of a Yellow Sun), the series will premiere on World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2013.

WATCH THE TRAILER OF HALF OF A YELLOW SUN MOVIE

The film explores the effect of the Biafran war on the relationship between political figures, a Professor, a British Citizen and a houseboy. 

Directed by renowned Nigerian Playwright Biyi Bandele. The cast include international actress, Thandie Newton, Dominic Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and so on. 

CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S BEST SELLER, 'HALF OF A YELLOW SUN' TO BE ADAPTED INTO A MOVIE

Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie's bestselling novel, 'Half of a Yellow Sun' which won the 2007 orange prize award for best fiction will be adapted into a movie by march 2012.
The masterpiece explores the effect of the Biafran war on the relationship between political figures, a Professor, a British Citizen and a houseboy.
To be directed by renowned Nigerian Playwright Biyi Bandele. The cast include international actress, Thandie Newton, Dominic Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and so on.
Expenses will howéver be bankrolled by ace producers Andrea Calderwood ("The Last King of Scotland," "Generation Kill") and Gail Egan ("Happy-Go-Lucky," "The Constant Gardener").

We understand professionals are being employed to act in the movie but will they be able to speak Igbo language fluently? Let's keep our fingers crossed and see who acts what role.

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