Worth-listening to conversation with British/Nigerian director Christian Ashaiku, whose pscho-drama/thriller Amina, is scheduled to open next week Wednesday, October 17th, at Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, London. The film fits nicely under that category of diaspora cinema that sees cross-continental collaborations between Africans and people of African descent outside of Africa. The Nigerian/British co-production stars Nollywood megastars Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Van Vicker, as well as black British actors like Wil Johnson. Told in flashback, Amina centers on the life of a gifted young woman (played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde) who, devastated by a series of...
- 10/9/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Details in the press release below... for our Brit reafers: On Wednesday 17th October 2012, the world famous Empire Cinema in Leicester Square will witness a unique collaboration of a Nigerian/British production with the world premiere of the much anticipated movie 'Amina', a psychological human drama featuring Nollywood megastars Omotola Jalade-ekeinde and Van Vicker alongside top British movie stars Wil Johnson, Vincent REGANand Alison Carroll aka Lara Croft. "Nollywood on the Next Level" Nigerian cinema – popularly known as ‘Nollywood’ is Africa’s largest movie...
- 9/10/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
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