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Chasing the ghosts in ‘ A Sting in a Tale’

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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

Sting In A Tale

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Morgan Freeman stars as Nelson Mandela in the new ‘Invictus’ movie

Written by Prudence Chauke | November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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

Inviticus

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‘I Sing of a Well’, the beginning of a beautiful African Trilogy

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

 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

Soraya being consoled by her younger sister

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Ibinabo Fiberesima gets 7 years for manslaughter

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

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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Based on an extraordinary true story: “SKIN”- starring Sophie Okonedo

Written by Prudence Chauke | November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

synopsisSKIN” is a movie based on an extraordinary true story of a colored girl born to two Afrikaner South African parents during the apartheid era.  In 1955 Abraham (Sam Neill) and Sannie Laing (Alice Krige) shocked the world when brought into the world a dark skinned baby with nappy hair named Sandra Laing. Shocked at the discovery, and unprepared for the battle ahead, the Laing family fought tooth and nail to have they daughter classified as a white person instead of a black person in order for her to receive better treatment.

Nothing could have prepared the family for the level of unfairness the white people showed to them. After being thrown out of school and isolated because of  her skin colour, Sandra felt the weight of the world on her shoulders. She ran away from her own people into the arms of a black man who later became the father of two of her four children, and her husband. » Read more…

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‘Bongfen’ – The story of an African mail-order bride

Written by Shirlene Alusa-Brown | October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival (BWFF)is scheduled to take place from October 23-25 2009 at the Landmark East Theater.  BWFF promotes and highlights films created by and for women. 50% of all the ticket proceeds are donated to breast cancer research and the outreach/survivorship program for Johns Hopkins breast cancer patients.

Baltimore Women's Film Festival

Baltimore Women's Film Festival

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Jimmy Jean-Louis narrates ‘I Sing of a Well’

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Haitian-born actor and former model, Jimmy Jean-Louis has singed on to narrate the first installation, “I Sing of A Well,” of the slave trade trilogy “Legions of Slaves.”

Jimmy Jean-Louis

Jimmy Jean-Louis

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Gerald “Gee-Bee” Barclay Premieres Killa Hill

Written by Jamati Entourage Newswire | October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Gee-Bee Productions Killa Hill

Gee-Bee Productions Killa Hill

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Introducing actor, Freddie Annobil-Doodo

Interview by Ameyaw Debrah | October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

5733_122098211709_617776709_2798888_5006585_nPromising Ghanaian-born, British actor, Freddie Annobil-Dodoo has had an interesting journey in theatre, film and television so far and he continues to push his ambitions of making it into Hollywood and becoming another household name in acting.

Born to Ghanaian parents in South London, Balham, Freddie grew up in East London, Isle of Dogs. It was at the early age of 14 that he was bitten by the acting bug after watching Eddie Murphy in ‘Beverly Hills Cop’.
Freddie soon developed an intense passion for acting and it was spotted by his then drama teacher and english teacher, who got their departments to pay for Freddie to go to a Sylvia Young Theatre School on weekends for a year. He later got into Seltec College, now Lewisham College, to study drama for two years. There, Freddie learned a lot of Stanislavski, Brecht, and Shakespeare among others, and got hooked on ‘The Method’. » Read more…

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Afro Latinos: The Untaught Story (Afro Latinos: La Historia Que Nunca Nos Contaron)

Written by Laura Adibe | October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

From Creador Pictures, LLC, “Afro Latinos: The Untaught Story” is a seven-part documentary television series that covers the stories of Afro-Latinos through the exploration of history, language, religion, food, identity, art, music, and social issues.

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MNet launches African Film Library

Written by Ameyaw Debrah | October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

M-Net has  launched an African Film Library – the largest electronic library of feature films, shorts and documentaries from 50 years of African film production. Over the past three years, M-Net has been negotiating the rights to almost 600 works in English, French, Arabic and Portuguese and digitizing them.

African Film Library (photo: African Film Library)

African Film Library (photo: African Film Library)

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