Bandele was famous for directing the movie adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s classic novel: “Half Of A Yellow Sun.”
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The prize founder and director, Kate Mosse, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.
Nigeria’s Chimamanda Adichie will moderate a conversation with former U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama, on her new memoir “Becoming”.
The popular movie is expected is also to break the record of the highest grossing movie in Nigeria, being the country of the author of the book and the director and the executive producers of the movie
The movie, which was to be released earlier this year, but could not as a result of problems with the Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board, has however been approved for release and would be in cinemas from August 1
The journey of Half of a yellow Sun to the cinema has not been all rosy, as the NFVCB refused to classify the movie in a move that some people felt was political, while the Board insisted that some aspects of the movie could incite religious unrest
The statement said it had become necessary for NFVCB to clear the air and set the records straight on the status on the movie
The Rights group said the failure of the central government to allow Nigerians enjoy the freedom to watch the creative work of a vastly talented Nigerian, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, on very nebulous, grotesque and incoherent excuses offered by the Nigerian Films and Video Censors Board in Abuja, is the greatest breach of the democratic and fundamental human rights, which are universal, inalienable and sacrosanct
This was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Caesar Kagho, the Acting Head, Corporate Affairs of the NFVCB
This was contained in a statement by Shareman Media, the Nigerian producers and Film One Distribution, the Nigerian distributors of the film in Lagos
In an interactive session with journalists, Nnaji said: “Half of a Yellow Sun is one of the biggest films I have done so far, but definitely not the most challenging role I have played in movies
According to a statement on Wednesday by the publicists of the producers, it is envisaged that on April 12. as the starting point of the movie in Nigeria, those who would be in attendance would be Chiwetel Ejoifor, Genevieve Nnaji and Nollywood star actors and actresses