Half Of A Yellow Sun is one of the long awaited film in Nigeria. The movie is an adaption of prolific Nigerian writer, Chimamamnda Ngozi Adichie's award winning novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun.
The film will premier in cinemas on Friday 25th April and is directed by Nigerian writer and filmmaker Biyi Bandele.
With a star studded cast featuring Nollywood's superstar, Genevieve Najji, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, OC Ukeje Onyeka Onwenu and Zack Orji.
Internationally, the film will be released in Australia on March 27th , UK on April 11th and during summer the USA.
If you haven't read Half Of A Yellow Sun, here's a summary:
In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect.
Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university lecturer. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. The third is Richard, a shy Englishman in Thrall to Olanna's enigmatic twin sister. When the shocking horror of the war engulfs them, their loyalties are severely tested as they are pulled apart and thrown together in ways that none of them had imagined.
Super director behind Last King of Scotland and MTV Shuga 3 (Shuga Naija), Biyi Bandele brings all the above to life through visuals and motion picture.
In case you hadn't watched the trailer. Check it out: