“District 9″ Scoops 4 2010, 82nd Oscar Nominations
Well family, I’m proud to announce that the 2010 82nd Annual Oscar Nominations are in, and congratulations goes out to all the nominees but especialy to Neil Blomkamp the ( ”District 9″ director) and all those who were involved in the executions of the film. “District 9″ scooped up 4 Oscar nominations for “Best Picture”, ” Best Film Editing”, “Best Visual Effects” and “Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay”.
Also nominated is Morgan Freeman for “Best Actor” and “Matt Damon for “Best Supporting Actor” in the movie, “Invictus”. Also not forgetting Gabourey Sidibe’s nomination for “Best Leading Actress” in Precious, a movie based on the novel ’Push’ by Sapphire. » Read more…
Kenyan film, ‘Pumzi’, at the Sundance Festival
Wanuri Kahiu, director of the award-winning movie, From A Whisper, has once again come up with a winning film–a sci-fi short film, ‘Pumzi (‘air’ or ‘breathe‘ in Kiswahili).
Wanuri Kahiu
Hakeem Kae-Kazim shoots new film in Nigeria
Hakeem Kae-Kazim who is known for Hollywood blockbusters like ‘X Men Origins: Wolverine’, The Fourth Kind and Hotel Rwanda, is back in his home country of Nigeria filming his latest flick ‘Inale’.
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Say Grace Before Drowing Trailer: By Nikyatu Jusu
Say grace before drowning trailer Is a trailer by writer and director Nikyatsu Jusu. “After meeting her African Refugee mother for the first time in six years, 8 year old Hawa is forced to coexist with a woman teetering on the brink of insanity”. The trailer stars Ellie Foumbi, Ebbe Bassey, Dennise Gregory and Hisham Tawfiq. » Read more…
The Spirit Of Fela Kuti on Broadway
The musical Broadway sensation Fela! is the hottest ticket in New York City streets; as this one of a kind dancing extravaganza pays homage to the life of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. As one enters the doors of the Eugene O’Neill Theater you are leaving the environment of tall New York City skyscraper buildings for about three hours and entering into the famous Shrine.
Fela
Jennifer Hudson to play Winnie Mandela
Just after weeks since British based actor Sophie Okonedo confirmed to have been cast to play Winnie Mandela, on a BBC drama titled ‘Mrs Mandela’ film about Winnie Madikizela-Mandeal liefs. News surfaced, that Oscar winner and first time mother Jennifer Hudson will also play the role of this South African activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela.
The Darrell J. Roodt, Paul L. Johnson and Andre Pieterse film is based on a biography written by Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob .Production is set to take place May 2010, in Robben Island where South Africa’s first black president was held. The film will mostly capture the 72 year old’s journey during apartheid, from all her falls and rises. » Read more…
Film Screening: “Sabar;Life is a Dance”
SYNOPSIS
An African American hip-hop girl resists the ancestral call of the Senegalese dance “Sabar”. When she finally gives in, she discovers more than a dance – she finds herself.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – PRESENT DAY
AISHA grew up dancing; all she knows is hip-hop and cannot understand the craziness about African dance. On a dare, she goes to an African dance class “just to see her friend” but when she leaves, the dance follows her and haunts her. Soon this hip-hop girl becomes a much talked about future “Queen of Sabar”. But life has a way of dealing us cards that will test our very core and Aisha’s cards were waiting in the wings. » Read more…
Chasing the ghosts in ‘ A Sting in a Tale’
Fast growing Ghanaian film writer/producer/director Shirley Frimpong-Manso decided to include the most glamorous ghosts yet out of Africa in her much anticipated fourth production, ‘A Sting In A Tale’. And for me, this very much represented the general feel-good theme of the movie; it is one for laughs and not taking life too seriously.
Sting In A Tale
Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in the new ‘Invictus’ movie
Any individual who has studied South African history can positively state that Rugby has been, and still is, a very important element of the South African journey. It has been more than century but I find it very hard for any soul to forget the major sport event that united South African people as whole thanks to the then newly elected and first black president, Nelson Mandela, and the then South African Rugby Captain, Francois Pienaar, played in the movie by Matt Damon.
Inviticus
‘I Sing of a Well’, the beginning of a beautiful African Trilogy
As I watched and enjoyed the new movie written, directed and co-produced by Hollywood documentary film maker, Leila Djansi, it was the element of good storytelling that made the film stand out for me the most. ‘I Sing of a Well’ is the first installment in the trilogy, ‘Legion of Slaves’ which tells the story of slave trade triggered by the director’s experience at a slave site in her village in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Soraya being consoled by her younger sister
Ibinabo Fiberesima gets 7 years for manslaughter
Former beauty queen and popular Nigerian actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for manslaughter which she pleaded not guilty. She was alleged to have killed a medical doctor in a road accident last year after what investigators describe as “careless” driving under the influence of alcohol.
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