J Leo Uche is one the fastest rising ambitious young filmmakers in Nigeria, action actor/director, a stunt director, a producer who was born and raised in Lagos, Africa's largest megacity.
A five times national champion in martial arts, a martial arts expert and trainer .
Juliet Ibrahim in "African Bodyguard" Action Movie
African Bodyguard
Synopsis: Pangea is a small but wealthy country between Mauritania and the Sahara Desert. When the First Lady of Pangea does the unthinkable, the bodyguards at the Presidential Palace become vulnerable. Discover what happens when their head of state takes charge of the dilemma that threatens to destroy lives and damage his reputation.
Directors J Leo Uche Starring Juliette Ibrahim, Akin Lewis Genres Action, Romance Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English
Nigerian Born Star Chiwetel Ejiofor Chases Angelina Jolie in "SALT"
~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
Nigerian born Britain's "first Black movie star" Chiwetel Ejiofor, OBE. who is still basking in the box office success of 2012 is playing another major role with Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt) in SALT, one of the most anticipated blockbuster films this summer. Phillip Noyce directed the film.
Chiwetel is a complete actor from the stage to the TV and to the cinema. His awesome talent is a testimony of his genius. His Nigerian father must be smiling at him from heaven with thanks to God for blessing him with such an accomplished son who is making his Nigerian Igbo people proud in the world.
Chiwetel was born on 10 July, 1977 in East London and began acting at 13 in school and for the National Youth Theatre. Steven Spielberg introduced him to a wider audience in Amistad and Woody Ellen made him one of Radha Mitchell’s suitors in Melinda and Melinda.
"Chewy" (his nickname among buddies) has proved his genius as a sadistic crime boss in Four Brothers and then as the Operative in Joss Whedon’s sci-fi flick Serenity that catapulted him to stardom on the silver screen.
Chiwetel Ejiofor confronts Angelina Jolie in "SALT".
In Salt Chiwetel plays Peabody, a young CIA counter-intelligence officer working for Winter, "the mentor of Evelyn Salt, an agent fingered as a Russian sleeper spy. Peabody in hot pursuit, she must clear her name and figure out the identity of the real spy". This is a must see thriller.
The première comes up on July 23.
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Liev Schreiber in "SALT"
THE PLOT OF SALT As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?" Written by Sony Pictures.
Director: Phillip Noyce Writer: Brian Helgeland Studio: Columbia Pictures Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Children International Stands Up & Takes Action with the United Nations to Help Fight Poverty
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 15, 2009) /PRNewswire/ — Children International joins the United Nations’ campaign to fight poverty one child at a time!
The U.S.-based humanitarian organization, which helps poor children around the world, invites you to observe the fourth annual “Stand Up & Take Action” event October 16-18 by supporting the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals to end hunger and poverty.
Nearly 300,000 Children International contributors have stood up and taken action every month by pledging their constant financial and emotional support of one child living in desperate poverty. In 2008, 116 million people took part in United Nations’ Stand Up & Take Action events around the world.
In response to the global food crisis and skyrocketing food prices, Children International has established a new Emergency Lifeline Food Program in 2008 which provides badly-needed food to poor children and their families whose constant fight against poverty leaves them hungry and malnourished. The Emergency Lifeline Food Program provides vitamins, enriched food and nutrition education to children and their parents in local community centers in 11 countries around the world. In the first half of this year, Children International provided food and nutrients to more than 17,000 children through their nutritional rehabilitation program.
This year, millions of participants plan to commemorate the event by organizing tree-plantings, music vigils and blood drives.
Children International’s President and CEO Jim Cook said, “Children International works every day to support the United Nations’ goals to end global poverty by lifting poor children out of crushing poverty. By partnering with Stand Up & Take Action, we will make a difference in the lives of poor children around the world.”
To learn more about how to help relieve poverty one child at a time, visit Children International.
To learn more about other events taking place around the world, visit Stand Against Poverty.
About Children International: Established in 1936, Children International is a nonprofit organization with its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. Children International’s programs benefit more than 325,000 sponsored children and their families in 11 countries around the world including Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Zambia, Honduras, India, the Philippines and the United States. For more information about Children International, visit http://www.children.org.
Press Contact: Dolores Quinn Kitchin Public Relations Children International Direct: (816) 943-3730 Cell: (816) 718-0711 http://twitter.com/ChildrenInt
