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Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
Director: Biyi Bandele
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle
6.1
50%Runtime106 min
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An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
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Directed by Biyi Bandele, this 2013 drama 'Half of a Yellow Sun' offers a sweeping, intimate portrait of the Biafran War in 1960s Nigeria, centered around the riveting performances of Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton as glamorous twins navigating the turbulence of love and conflict.
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Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2013 Nigerian drama film based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2006 novel of the same name. Produced by Andrea Calderwood and Gail Egan, and distributed by Metro International, Leap Frog Films, FilmOne Distributions, Soda Pictures, and Monterey Media, it became one of the top grossing Nigerian films of the time. The film was directed by Biyi Bandele and stars a cast of African and diasporan influencers, including Chiwetel Ejiofor as Odenigbo, John Boyega, Thandiwe Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje and Anika Noni Rose. In the film, two sisters Olanna and Kainene catch up with love and unity in the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War (1967–70).
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