Director Sanaa Hamri Gears Up for Her Second Motion Picture
Sanaa Hamri was born in Tangier, Morocco. She attended Sarah Lawrence College as a theatre student. Sanaa taught herself to use an Avid editing machine back in 2000. She never once took a filmmaking course. She realized that she had a knack for putting images together to tell a story. Sanaa began making videos and knocking on doors throughout the music industry. » Read more…
This is Nollywood
This documentary highlights the $250 million dollar-yearly industry that is Nollywood. Fueled by crime and insecurity, people resorted to watching videos in the safety of their homes. The first Nollywood movie, Living in Bondage, was a huge success and paved the way for a new industry. This is Nollywood reveals the issues that Nollywood producers face, the obstacles they must overcome, and the small budgets they work with. » Read more…
Nowhere in Africa
A love story spanning two continents, Nowhere in Africa is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel (Juliane Köhler) and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country— learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm’s cook. » Read more…
God Grew Tired of Us
Director Christopher Dillon Quinn follows three lost boys from Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp where they remained stagnant for 10 years to the United States in this honest documentary. John Dau, Daniel and Panther were separated from their families in the 1980s. They walked a thousand miles to escape udan after war broke out. They arrived in Ethiopia but had to walk again to Kenya when turmoil struck Ethiopia too. The Lost Boys walked for five years in search of safety and thousands died along the way. » Read more…
Bambadjan Bamba-Actor/Activist
Bambadjan Bamba is originally from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He made an memorable appearance in the TV series “Law & Order” where he was a main character whose mother set up a murder. He also appears in stage plays, most recently including Till the Break of Dawn, a play about urban hip-hop activist who leads his New York friends on a trip to Havana, Cuba. You may also remember him as the rapper on the elevator in the movie I Think I Love My Wife. He has also had cameos on The Sopranos, The Dave Chappelle Show, Forrest Gump, Crash, and Hindsight, to name a few.
Idris Elba stars in Mekhi Phifer movie!
Idris Elba (Quentin Whitfiled) will be starring in a movie about a family that gets together for Christmas and has to deal with classic family issues. As the family learns about each other’s secrets, they learn to deal with each other as a family, and work together to sort out their problems. The cast is great and includes Chris Brown, Regina King, Chris Londo, Keith Robinson, and Columbus Short, to name a few. Mekhi Phifer is producing this film through his production company, Facilitator Films. This movie is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2007.
Green Passport
Green Passports is a reality television series that is set to highlight the lives of 13 Nigerians who have come to the United States and tried to establish themselves in a foreign land. It follows their journeys, highlighting their successes and failures, and brings home the realities of life in America. Is life in America all that we imagine it to be? The Green Passport will show you what it takes to succeed. There is a wonderful array of individuals ranging in age from 15 to 59. The jobs they hold are wide and varied, emphasising that the American dream is possible. Question is, would you take some of the jobs they have taken, if you were living in Africa? The first show will be on October 1, 2007. Visit the site for more information.
Van Vicker - Ghana’s Sexy Leading Man
Van Vicker is a hearthrob that has got women dreaming of having his baby. Born to a Ghanian/Liberian mother, and a Dutch father, he has made his mark in the popular movie series Mummy’s Girl. His other movies have included the Beyonce series, Divine Love, and Darkness of Sorrow. A leading role in a 10 series television special, Suncity, where he portrayed an American born student who arrives in Suncity to complete his education helped make him a household name and re-affirmed his status as one of the most popular male actors in the Ghanian acting scene. He was recently in New York to promote his latest movie, The American Boy and got a chance to meet a multitude of adoring fans who span the diaspora from Africa to the Caribbean, and even South America. One of the most hotly debated topics right now is whether he is hotter than Nollywood superstar, Ramsey Nouah, Jr. We’ll let you decide. Van is married to Adjoa Van Vicker and they have two beautiful children. Somehow he also manages to host a TV show, Game TV, run an advertising agency/events management company, and a barber shop. Definitely a combination of brains and brawn.
Benta
Benta is a girl who comes from a well-to-do family. Unfortunately the tables turn when her parents are killed by a drunk driver and she is forced to go work as a maid to earn money for her family. She soon discovers that the woman of the house is cruel and malicious. The son of the house is interested in her but cannot be involved with her since she is ‘just the maid’. Her situation is made worse when the man of the house starts to visit her in the middle of the night and rapes her. She deals with rape and abuse as she struggles to keep her sanity.The plot moves fast and the movie highlights issues that face many young girls whose circumstances force then to work as maids to take care of their families. View the trailer below.
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