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.
Based on an extraordinary true story: “SKIN”- starring Sophie Okonedo
“SKIN” 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…
‘Bongfen’ – The story of an African mail-order bride
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
Jimmy Jean-Louis narrates ‘I Sing of a Well’
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
Gerald “Gee-Bee” Barclay Premieres Killa Hill
Gee-Bee Productions Killa Hill
Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall » Read more…
Introducing actor, Freddie Annobil-Doodo
Promising 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…
Afro Latinos: The Untaught Story (Afro Latinos: La Historia Que Nunca Nos Contaron)
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.
MNet launches African Film Library
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)
KILONSHELE ONLINE TICKETING SOLUTION LAUNCHED IN NIGERIA.
Kilonshele is a live entertainment and marketing company that connects the world to live entertainment events in Nigeria by providing up-to-date information on live events and giving fans opportunity to buy tickets conveniently. Kilonshele provides ticket sales, marketing and distribution through it’s website , one of the best e-commerce sites on the Internet.
Idris Elba is one of the Takers
Idris Elba gets to be a leading man in this new movie that features a lot of names that will have women swooning and men wishing they could be them.
Idris Elba
African Events Calendar
Upcoming Events
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April 10, 2010
RUNWAY LIBERIA: Silver Spring,MD
USA - North East
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Urban Couture: The Platform for World Class Indie Fashion Labels.
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February 19, 2010
Africa Business Conference/Fashion Show & Naeto C: Boston, MA (Harvard Business School)
USA - North East
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February 11, 2010
Chris Deshield Opening For Melanie Fiona: Washington, DC
USA - North East
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