BAFTA Winner Chiwetel Ejiofor Stars with Thandie Newton in HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
Wednesday, 26 March 2014 by Unknown
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Pictures in association with Kush Promotions, Colourful Radio
& Vox Africa
& supported by Theodora 'Nollywood' Ibekwe-Oyebade
& supported by Theodora 'Nollywood' Ibekwe-Oyebade
Presents
the UK Release of
'Half Of A Yellow Sun'
on 11 April 2014.
'Half Of A Yellow Sun'
on 11 April 2014.
UK
Premiere 8th April with Chiwetel Ejiofor, Director Biyi Bandele & author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and additional stars in attendance.
Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her lover, the “revolutionary professor” Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka; Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer.
Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire country and the world.
Based on the award-winning best seller by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is the feature film debut from London based Nigerian playwright, novelist and screenwriter Biyi Bandele. Starring Oscar-nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave), BAFTA-winner Thandie Newton (Crash), BAFTA-nominee Joseph Mawle (Birdsong), Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) and John Boyega (Attack the Block).
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is an epic love-story weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war, produced by Andrea Calderwood of Slate Films (The Last King of Scotland).
A FILM BY BIYI BANDELE | BASED ON THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE.
STARRING: THANDIE NEWTON | CHIWETEL EJIOFOR | ANIKA NONI ROSE | JOSEPH MAWLE | JOHN BOYEGA | GENEVIEVE NNAJI | ONYEKA ONWENU
Trailer: http://youtu.be/nnB9d0RxREM
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