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Half of A Yellow Sun Producers announce new premiere date

After the tussle for its release in Nigeria, “Half of A Yellow Sun”, a screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s best-selling novel,will be available in cinemas across the country from the 1st of August 2014. The film was one of the 77 movies recently approved by the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB. It was […]

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Nigerian Officials Banned ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’ Movie Because Of Biafran War

The most awaited movie of this year in Nigeria, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” has been banned by the country’s film censorship board because the movie partially takes place during the Biafran War. According to the director, Biyi Bandele, the movie scheduled to open in Nigeria last Friday was essentially banned as the country’s film censorship board […]

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“It had been my mother who introduced me to the Chimamanda Adichie book in 2007” Chiwetel Ejiofor Says As He Embarks On A New Film ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Oscar-nominated performance in 12 Years a Slave projected his film career to a new level. His next film Half of a Yellow Sun, set in the violent struggles of 1960s Nigeria, is a long way from Hollywood but the actor insists stardom won’t mean leaving low-budget projects behind. On stage Chiwetel Ejiofor has […]

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