Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Friday, December 15, 2023

"Breath of Life" is an Unforgettable Journey of Discovery of the Power of Faith, Love and Triumph of the Human Spirit


A breathtaking masterpiece of  storytelling in motion picture.


"Breath of Life" is a period drama set in Ibadan in the 1950s. It is about "Timi", a gifted clergyman who turns into an "old lonely curmudgeon when his family is tragically taken from him. Until Elijah, a humble man with big dreams of becoming a priest, comes into his life. Through Elijah, Timi not only learns to live again, but also realizes purpose for all his gifts and wealth."

The Oscar performance of Wale Ojo as "Timi" has proven that he is indeed  more than an actor of actors, but also an auteur of genius in his excellent interpretation of one of the greatest portraits of unique and unforgettable characters in Nigerian drama. 
No other actor in Nollywood would have been able to play a better  challenging role of such an iconic character of "Timi" as Wale Ojo did exceptionally well.
He is among the best actors in the world in the same class with Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Anthony Hopkins of Hollywood for his mastery of being absorbed in the personality of every character he has played the leading role in different movies. This is a rare  accomplishment among actors in Nigeria, because only few of them have such command in characterization and intellectual depth.

Overall, in concise and precise analysis, the "Breath of Life" is a breathtaking cinematic drama of intellectual and spiritual insights on the triumph of faith, love and the human spirit in the conquest of the existential realities of life in the world. The survival, triumph and victory of the human spirit in the vicissitudes of the trials of life.

The director, producer, cinematographer, screenwriter, composer of the soundtracks and production designer have made a film that will become one of the timeless classics of filmmaking in Nigeria. "Breath of Life" is more than the typical Nollywood movie. It is a beautiful story in motion picture that will resonate with people in different societies in the world, because it is a universal journey of discovery of the true essence of human existence on Earth.
It would be more appreciated dubbed in other languages for the rest of the world to share in the beauty of this drama of the worth of every breath of life.

"Breath of Life" is one of the best films of the year and the kind of Nigerian film that should have been in the Official Selection of the annual Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or.

Principal cast:
Wale Ojo, Bimbo Manuel, Sam Dede, Tina Mba, Sambasa Nzeribe, Genoveva Umeh, Chimezie Imo, Demola Adedoyin, Melly Atari and others.

Produced by 
Eku Edewor and Aderinola Adeyokunnu.
Written and directed by BB Sasore, Ola Cardoso is the Director of Photography and Kelechi Odu is the Creative Director.

A must on the watchlist of everyone who loves great movies.

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013, printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America and distributed by Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers in paperback, hardcopy and Amazon Kindle.






Monday, October 2, 2023

New NFTs on Midnight Angels and Brave Girls of the Night

New #NFTs

1. Midnight Angels
2. Brave Girls of the Night 1
3. Brave Girls of the Night 2
(the third and fourth will be minted tomorrow).

I have been creating NFT #series on #women showing their challenges in life from the V for Vivian series to THE MATRIX WOMAN series and today I started the Brave Girls of the Night series.

I call them Storytelling NFTs.
The "Scars of Vivian" on the true life cases of women in abusive relationships, failed marriages and domestic violence is most likely going to have a film adaptation for international release. An art collector of NFT artworks has selected it with four othes which are among my most special NFTs, including "Ethereum Rising".
I am creating these NFTs with the film adaptations on my mind.

#Vivian
#women
#relationship
#marriage
#love
#sex
#domesticviolence
#genderequality
#freedom
#storytelling
#film
#filmadaptation

View them on the Algorand #blockchain on
https://nftmyimage.com/@nigeriadaily

Sunday, October 1, 2023

THE MATRIX WOMAN NFT Series

New Month of October and an awesome new #NFT 

THE MATRIX WOMAN 










An NFT artwork in HDR of psychological symbolism on the  transgender woman.

THE MATRIX WOMAN comes in series of different colours and shades showing what the transgender woman goes through in the society.

I have created the THE MATRIX WOMAN NFT series with the intention for the film adaptation of this amazing beautiful  transgender woman who is a super woman as she is given super powers to transform into ThE MATRIX WOMAN to rescue transwomen who were being captured and trafficked to be used as sex slaves and drug peddlers by a ruthless Mafia. 

I see a big picture of THE MATRIX WOMAN franchise with global fashion and movie merchandise for women worldwide.

#TheMatrixWoman

#TheMatrix

#NFT

#women

#transgender

#transgender

#transgenderwoman

#women

#power

#freedom

#love

#sex

#relationship

#humantrafficking

#trafficking

#movie


Saturday, August 12, 2023

"UNFORGIVABLE" is On the Top Nigerian Movies at the Cinemas

UNFORGIVABLE is the Most Daring Nigerian Movie on Sex and Rape

A new Nollywood romantic drama, "Unforgivable’ is the most daring Nigerian thriller on mistaken love affair, lust for sex and rape starring popular Nollywood diva, Nancy Isime in her sexiest role with fast rising Nollywood sex symbol, Timini Egbuson. The raunchy erotic scenes are only for adults.

The movie written, produced and directed by Osezuah Elimihe, one of the outstanding filmmakers in Nollywood is already on the Top 10 box office since it started showing at cinemas nationwide with a Watch and Win promo of N100, 000 for moviegoers.


Other actors featured are Jude Orhorha, Victor Eriabie, Mercy Isoyip, Anthonia Okojie, Emeka Okoye, Kokoette Omoinyang. Ijeoma Richards, Joseph Momodu, Aaron Sunday, Moses Nwosu, Osasu Esemuede, Linda Igwe and Aloysius Onyejegbu.

The Synopsis:

An arrogant, self assured, rich, debonair, mid level investment banking professional with an excessive lust for women finds himself mired in a rape charge. In the game of saving himself from life imprisonment and odium, he rejects assistance from his powerful, but modest father and chooses to go it all alone. He will find his cook, who reveres him for his generosity, and his cousin, with whom he has a steaming incestuous relationship, dependable in the fight, but will this be enough for him?

"Unforgivable" is a production of AISRE Pictures with the media partnership of Megalectrics Ltd (operators of Classic FM 97.3 & The Beat 99.9FM) and distributed by Blue Pictures Entertainment.

Watch the Uncensored Trailer on 

http://kissesandroses..com/2023/08/nancy-isime-in-unforgivable-is.html


Monday, June 12, 2023

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Queens of Kannywood, Rahama Sadau and Maryam Booth Entangled in "The Two Aishas" Movie


Queens of Kannywood, Rahama Sadau and Maryam Booth Entangled in "The Two Aishas" Movie



Last Sunday, I was at the cinemas to watch "The Two Aishas" starring the two leading ladies and beauty queens of #Kannywood, Rahama Sadau and Maryam Booth .

This is my first time of seeing them together in a movie.

This is the directorial debut of Hajia Shareefah Abiola Andu of Arabel Productions and Aleef TV of Arabel Nigeria Limited.

After a bitter fallout with her best friend when her husband was handed the gubernatorial ticket which was taken from her best friend’s husband, Aisha Yusuf must reconcile with her best friend and unite their husbands who are now at loggerheads.

According to director, the movie is filled with intrigues that will keep fans glued to the box office screen till the end.

‘The Two Aishas’ are women of the same Islamic faith and status who are married to two best friends. But their loyalty and friendship got tested and no matter how they looked at it, one party felt robbed and betrayed by the other, threatening to tear apart an enduring friendship from childhood and test their faith as devout Muslims.

“It addresses relatable themes such as forgiveness, betrayal, love, rivalry and piousness,” she said.

"The Two Aishas" is showing daily at all the FilmHouse Cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana, Silverbird Cinemas, Genesis Cinemas, Ozone Cinemas, Blue Pictures Cinemas, Kada Cinemas, Platinum Cinemas, Exodus Cinemas, Magnificent Cinemas and other cinemas in every state in Nigeria.

#rahamasadau 

#maryambooth 

#aisha

#thetwoaishas

#kannywood

#Nollywood 

#romance 

#drama 

#movie

#Nigeria



Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Top 20 Movies for the Valentine

Top 20 Movies for the Valentine

As we look forward to the Valentine's Day on February 14, I am going to recommend top 20 movies of romantic comedy and drama to watch online.

1. Falling in Love Again 




Ricky and Tara are a recently divorced couple navigating the challenges of co-parenting their young son while recovering from the wounds of their failed relationship. But after moving on to new partners, they soon find the grass isn't quite greener and they might just want that old thing back. Will they take a second shot at love?

Dan Garcia
Director, Writer
Mike Mayhall
Director

Kyanna Mai-Lee Bosworth 
(American Crime Story, Terrell Carter (Empire), Micelle J. 
Costello (Good Girls), Erica 
Hubbard (Lincoln Heights)

#love #writer #parenting #valentine #couple #movies #lovers #romanticcomedy #comedy #drama #february14 #valentinesday





Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Most Inspiring Quotes for Survival and Triumph

The Most Inspiring Quotes for Survival and Triumph

1.

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

- JESUS Christ.

 This is also known as the "Golden Rule”. The actual quote from the Bible is from Luke 6:31, “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”

2. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” - Michael Altshuler

3. “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” - Martin Luther King

4. “Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start.” - Nido Q

5. “You do not find the happy life. You make it.” - Benjamin Franklin

6. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are." - J.P. Morgan

8. “You can get excited about the future. The past won't mind." - Hillary DePiano

9. “Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both." - Kristin Kreuk

10. “Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a second chance... It's called tomorrow." - Nicholas S

11. “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” - Mary Oliver

12. “Don’t wait your turn. Bet on yourself and have the confidence to stand up and say, ‘My time is now.” - Robert F. Smith

13. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

14. “The sky isn’t the limit - the sky has no limit.” - Sarah Barker

15. The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” - James Baldwin

16. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.” - Dan Millman

17. “We either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.” - Carlos Castaneda

18. "If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you." - Fred Vitto

19. "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein

20. "You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." - Michael Jordan

21. "Belief creates the actual fact." - William James

22. “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle

23. "Don't try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you." - Beyoncé

24. "We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action." - Dr. Henry Link

25. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." - Zig Ziglar

Happy 2023 and far beyond.

From Team PRNomics




Thursday, December 29, 2022

"CATFISH Christmas" Starring The Young and the Restless Star Leigh Ann Rose in Cinemas in Nigeria

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"CATFISH Christmas" starring The Young and the Restless star, Leigh-Ann Rose 🌹is pulling crowds of moviegoers to the cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana.




Catfish Christmas

Romance/Comedy ‧ 1h 30m
Release Date: Friday December 16, 2022.
Actors: Angelo Kern, Anthony Riggins, Charlotte Evelyn Williams, Ciarah Amaani, Devin Laster, Ella Joyce, Grover McCants, Leigh-Ann Rose, Tony Todd
Director: Victoria Rowell
Producer: Dara Harper
Genre: Comedy, Coming Soon, Drama, Romance
Release: December 16, 2022
Language: English


SYNOPSIS

A heart-broken young woman returns home for the holidays and feels the family pressure of being single. Her loving and nosy sister hatches a plan to set her up on an online date with a handsome professional athlete. But things take an unexpected turn when he turns out not to be her “prince in shining armor”, and her childhood best friend shows her that true love may be much closer to home.



Sunday, December 25, 2022

CATFISH Christmas is the Christmas Movie in Silverbird Cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana



CATFISH Christmas is the only Christmas romantic comedy showing at the Silverbird Cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana.



SHOWTIMES 

Silverbird Cinemas, SEC Abuja

FRI-SUN: 10:25am, 10:25am(VIP), 6:50pm, 6:50pm(VIP)
MON-THUR: 10:25am, 10:25am(VIP), 6:50pm, 6:50pm(VIP)

IBOM TROPICANA ENT. CENTRE, UYO

FRI-SUN: 10:40am, 12:40pm, 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 6:30pm
MON-THUR: 10:40am, 12:40pm, 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 6:30pm

WEST HILLS, GHANA

FRI-SUN: 10:00AM, 2:00PM
MON-THUR: 10:00AM, 2:00PM

ACCRA MALL, GHANA

SAT: 10:00AM, 12:00PM, 2:10PM
SUN: 10:00AM, 2:00PM
MON-TUE: 4:00PM
WED: 1:00PM
THUR: 4:00PM, 6:30PM

Catfish Christmas

Romance/Comedy ‧ 1h 30m

Release Date: Friday December 16, 2022.

Actors: Angelo Kern, Anthony Riggins, Charlotte Evelyn Williams, Ciarah Amaani, Devin Laster, Ella Joyce, Grover McCants, Leigh-Ann Rose, Tony Todd

Director: Victoria Rowell

Genre: Comedy, Coming Soon, Drama, Romance

Release: December 16, 2022

Language: English

SYNOPSIS

A heart-broken young woman returns home for the holidays and feels the family pressure of being single. Her loving and nosy sister hatches a plan to set her up on an online date with a handsome professional athlete. But things take an unexpected turn when he turns out not to be her “prince in shining armor”, and her childhood best friend shows her that true love may be much closer to home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYhdF-whG6s

#Christmas
#CatfishChristmas
#Catfish
#love
#lovers
#romantic
#romanticcomedy
#romance
#dating
#hookup
#relationship
#leighannrose
#holidays
#ChristmasSunday
#Hollywood

Friday, December 16, 2022

"CATFISH Christmas" in Cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana


"CATFISH Christmas" the romantic comedy starring fast rising Hollywood actress, Leigh-Ann Rose🌹 opened this weekend at the cinemas in Nigeria and Ghana.




The exciting romantic comedy has been described as the romantic comedy for singles and couples and especially for singles who want to know how to wow single women online. 

Romance/Comedy ‧ 1h 30m

Release Date: Friday December 16, 2022.

Actors: Angelo Kern, Anthony Riggins, Charlotte Evelyn Williams, Ciarah Amaani, Devin Laster, Ella Joyce, Grover McCants, Leigh-Ann Rose, Tony Todd

Director: Victoria Rowell

SYNOPSIS

A heart-broken young woman returns home for the holidays and feels the family pressure of being single. Her loving and nosy sister hatches a plan to set her up on an online date with a handsome professional athlete. But things take an unexpected turn when he turns out not to be her “prince in shining armor”, and her childhood best friend shows her that true love may be much closer to home.

NOW SHOWING AT THE FOLLOWING CINEMAS

BLUE PICTURES CINEMA ONIKAN, LAGOS

IMPERIAL CINEMA, OSHOGBO

SILVERBIRD CINEMA, IKEJA

SILVERBIRD CINEMA, SEC, ABUJA

SILVERBIRD CINEMA, JABI, ABUJA

SILVERBIRD CINEMA, GALLERIA, VICTORIA ISLAND

SILVERBIRD CINEMA, UYO

BRANDS CINEMA, OGUDU

FIESTA CINEMA, UGHELLI

NOSTALGEA CINEMA, BAYELSA

MILA CINEMA, AWKA

VINTAGE CINEMA, IBADAN

WOSAM CINEMA, AGO IWOYE

MEGA1 CINEMA, LEKKI

PEPPERONI CINEMA,  PORT-HARCOURT

KADA CINEMA, BENIN

KADA CINEMA, PORT-HARCOURT

CINE 21, ABA

PLATINUM CINEMA, KANO

OASIS CINEMA, IKORODU

FILMWORLD CINEMA, IKOTUN

DREAMPARK CINEMA, IKORODU

COVENANT PLUS CINEMA, ABULE EGBA

COVENANT PLUS CINEMA, ISHAGA

DEEPEND CINEMA, BENIN CITY

HERITAGE CINEMA, ABULE EGBA

SKY CINEMA, LEKKI

RAINBOW CINEMA, ONITSHA

CITADEL CINEMA, UROMI

MCRYSTAL CINEMA, IJEBU ODE

OOPL CINEMA ABEOKUTA

CARTEGE CINEMA ASABA

LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA WARRI

G2G CINEMA IFE

OZONE CINEMA YABA

GENESIS CINEMA FESTAC

GENESIS CINEMA MARYLAND

GENESIS CINEMA NOVARE LEKKI

GENESIS CINEMA CEDDI ABUJA

GENESIS CINEMA PH CLASSIC

EBONYLIFE CINEMA VICTORIA ISLAND

VINMILLAN CINEMA ASABA

ACE CINEMA OYO

ACE CINEMA BODIJA

ACE CINEMA OLUYOLE

MAGNIFICENT CINEMA, ONIPANU





Thursday, December 15, 2022

"CATFISH Christmas" the Romantic Comedy for Christmas

 


This holiday, "CATFISH Christmas" and a few glasses of eggnog are just the perfect pairings for lovers and lovers at heart.

November 23, 2022 | Rating: 7/10 |
Critic Alan Ng


Catfish Christmas
Romance/Comedy ‧ 1h 30m
Release Date: Friday December 16, 2022.
Actors: Angelo Kern, Anthony Riggins, Charlotte Evelyn Williams, Ciarah Amaani, Devin Laster, Ella Joyce, Grover McCants, Leigh-Ann Rose, Tony Todd
Director: Victoria Rowell
Genre: Comedy, Coming Soon, Drama, Romance
Release: December 16, 2022
Language: English

At Blue Pictures Cinemas, City Mall  in Onikan, Lagos Island

Silverbird Cinemas nationwide

Genesis Deluxe Cinemas nationwide

Kada Cinemas in Benin, Edo State


SYNOPSIS

A heart-broken young woman returns home for the holidays and feels the family pressure of being single. Her loving and nosy sister hatches a plan to set her up on an online date with a handsome professional athlete. But things take an unexpected turn when he turns out not to be her “prince in shining armor”, and her childhood best friend shows her that true love may be much closer to home.

#catfish #Christmas #Christmas2022 #love #romance #comedy #drama #lovers #family #girlfriend #boyfriend #dating #holidays #Nigeria #Ghana #Hollywood #entertainment #sex



Sunday, November 27, 2022

News in Pictures: Naked Beauty

 News in Pictures: Naked Beauty

News in Pictures 

New Nigeria

is the most popular Nigerian news in pictures blog on Pinterest with an audience of 280, 000 viewers monthly.

www.pinterest.com/nigeriansreport



"Naked Beauty" is the first Nigerian screenplay to be published and sold as a book. 
The recce for the film production was completed on Bonny Island, Rivers State in 2008, but production has been delayed by the political violence in the Niger Delta. The screenplay is based on crude oil thieves and militancy before the Amnesty for Niger Delta militants, co-written by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, aka "Orikinla Osinachi" and Dr. Chika Christian Onu, one of the founding fathers of Nollywood after four years research on Bonny Island, in Rivers State.


Friday, May 27, 2022

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!

#Childrensday #children

#Nigeria #thankyou #opportunity #education #digital #love #future #health #safety #network #school

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!
Children are my best true friends and that is why my life is focused on doing my best for them to secure the future of our children.
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of my company, International Digital Post Network Limited is focused on the education and welfare of the millions of underprivileged girls out of school in Nigeria.

Let us pray for the health, safety and well-being of our  children.

O, Lord JESUS Christ,
We pray for a heart that loves you.
Give us the strength to love others more than we love ourselves.
We thank you for this day.
We thank you for another opportunity.
Amen.

Lord,
I ask that you would direct our mind to know, investigate and seek the truth
and to understand the difference between wise and foolish choices.
Make us prosperous and victorious triumphant overcomers in the world.
In the mighty name of our MESSIAH JESUS Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever
AMEN.

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Sayōnara: Coming Soon on Amazon Prime Video Direct

Sayōnara: Coming Soon on Amazon Prime Video Direct

From the over 40 hours footage of my documentary film project, "Lagos in Motion", I have produced "Sayōnara" to be released on Amazon Prime Video Direct.

Cheers!

- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/247nigeria
https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima



Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Florence Yemi Fawaz: So Unforgettable

Florence Ibiyemi 'Yemi' Fawaz

So Unforgettable

Over twenty years ago, I was searching for a place on Adelabu Street in Surulere on the mainland of Lagos, Africa's largest megacity when I met the most beautiful model from Nigeria, Yemi Fawaz in her residence and restaurant, Double 4.  She was the 

first Nigerian international supermodel with a career from the 1970s to the 1990s. One of the pioneers of professional modelling in Nigeria. She was also a fashion designer, beauty promoter/consultant, actress, trade show organiser, chef, restaurateur, and deacon.

We became friends. I was attracted by her beauty and she was attracted by my honesty which she said was a rarity among majority of Nigerians. We became closer friends and she wanted me to join her in the management of her restaurant. But I couldn't do so, because I was a vegetarian who would not eat or sell meat to anyone. She thought she could change my mind. 

She did for me what nobody ever did when she hosted my only solo salon art exhibition that I did not prepare for. She cooked and served all our invited guests, but when she served me, I openly rejected the food of rice with stew and beef. 

"You know I don't eat meat. So, why did you give me a nonvegeterian food?"

She apologized. But she was not happy about it. We became closer. But my vegetarian life and refusal to run the restaurant with her made us to part ways before I left Lagos for Bonny Island on Rivers State in 2004. She had relocated to the United States of America before I left Lagos. She was still in America when I returned to Lagos in 2008. She returned later before she succumbed to colon cancer and passed on to eternal glory on February 20, 2019 at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. 

I can never forget Yemi Fawaz.

"Unforgettable

In every way

And forever more

That's how you'll stay."

- Nat "King" Cole.


- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

March 9, 2022.




















Tuesday, January 4, 2022

"Spirit of the Jungle" a Totally Different NIgerian Movie

"Spirit of the Jungle" a Totally Different NIgerian Movie


#Nigeria
#Nollywood
#horrormovies
#supernatural
#reincarnation
#thriller
#evil
#spirit
#jungle
#love
#rape
#suicide
#war
#warrior
#hero
#pride

"Spirit of the Jungle" a new NIgerian supernatural action horror directed and produced by JLeo Uche is completed for international acquisition and distribution.

PGR 18+
Duration: 130 minutes.
Principal Cast:
Rykardo Agbor, Hakeem Raman , Delvin Stone , J Leo uche,  Beatrice ibizugbe, Onyeka Akeyno , Lydia Obidiaso

Trailer

Agu the greatest warrior of Amaimo kingdom was the pride of his people and the warlord of the king who eulogized him for his bravery but wanted to have Agu's beloved maiden, Adaugo. So he sent Agu on a dangerous mission to the evil forest so that he would have enough time to woo Adaugo. As soon as he returned from the war victorious, the king banished Agu , and took Adaugo by force and tried to rape her, but she stabbed her self to death. Agu saw her die in the king's room and immediately killed the king, provoking the entire Amaimo kingdom to wage war against Agu and his five brave warriors. They pursued him into the evil forest where Agu was caught and trapped in the supernatural labyrinth of the evil spirit of the jungle.
They couldn't cross the barriers to capture or kill him.

The Leading Actor:
Rykardo Oke Agbor popularly known as Rykardo Agbor (born on February 4) is one of the most talented Nigerian actors who acts both Yoruba and English movies




Tuesday, December 7, 2021

"Eagle Wings", The Best War Film in the History of Filmmaking in Nigeria

 


"Eagle Wings", The Best War Film in the History of Filmmaking in Nigeria

"
Eagle Wings’, a Nollywood and the Nigerian Airforce film collaboration is the best war film in the history of filmmaking in Nigeria since "Palaver", the first film shot in NIgeria by the Academy Award winning English filmmaker, Geoffrey Barkas in 1926.
Other notable NIgerian war films include "Ija Ominira" (Fight For Freedom) of 1979 directed by Dr. Ola Balogun and produced by Adeyemi Afolayan, aka "Ade Love", classified as one of the classics of the Cinema; 
"Cry Freedom" (1981) by Dr. Ola Balogun, "Battle of Love" (2003),  "Across the Niger" (2004), "Laviva" (2007) and "76" (2016) by Izu Ojukwu.

"Eagle Wings" is one of the best NIgerian films in 2021 and the best in original screenplay, best cinematography, best casting, best visual effects and the best directing in combat choreography.

“The film explores the often tragic, yet thrilling business of fighting for life, peace, and the freedom to love in the face of great violence. An uplifting journey through a terror-filled landscape and the power of newly found love, faith, duty and sacrifice ," said the director Paul Apel Papel.

Eagle Wings’ follows the story of an Air Force Fighter pilot who must navigate his way to safety amid an insurgency. It highlights the sacrifices of the military in combating insecurity and keeping the peace of the nation. The movie also explores the often tragic, yet thrilling mission in battling for life, peace, and freedom to love, in the face of great danger.

Starring Nollywood stars Enyinna Nwigwe,Femi Jacobs, Yakubu Mohammed, Francis Duru, Sadiq Daba, Keppy Ekpeyong, Uzee Usman, Saeed Muhammed, Patience Ujah, Jamila Ibrahim and  Abdul Zada.
The film is a poignant action war drama about an Airforce Fighter Pilot who is caught in the harrowing world of insurgency.

The director and producer, Paul Apel Papel, is a Colorado Film School-trained filmmaker.

“Overall, it is an uplifting journey through a terror-filled landscape and the power of newly found love, faith, duty and sacrifice,” he noted.

With this project, Papel said he will be able to successfully tell not just any story, but an original African story from a place of power and grace.

Papel said he has pushed all boundaries and taken new risks, not just with the storyline, but also with the quality of production he seeks to put out.

This first of it's kind to be shot using the Atlaslensco Orion 2x Anamorphic lenses on the ARRI Alexa Mini cameras, shooting OpenGate-the first to be ever done in West Africa and Nollywood. 
Alexa Mini is the favourite of the best DPs in Hollywood. ALEXA Mini LF was used to shoot the British war film "1917" (2019) by Sir Roger Alexander Deakins CBE, winner of five BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, and has had fifteen nominations and two wins for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.  Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE, Academy Award winner for "American Beauty" (1999) directed "1917" and received ten nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, and three wins, for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Mixing.

*Eagle Wings" can be converted to an IMAX film by DMR (digital re-mastering). IMAX's 3D conversion technology enables live-action movies that were originally shot in 2D to be converted into stunning IMAX 3D.


#Nigeria #nigerians #Nigerianarmy #specialforces #armedforces #military #airforce #soldiers #security #insecurity 
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Monday, October 25, 2021

We Cannot Build a Nation Without Love, Peace and Unity

"We cannot build a nation without love, peace and unity.

- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,

Author of "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream", "The Prophet Lied", "In the House of Dogs", "Scarlet Tears of London" and other books distributed by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Tower Books and other booksellers worldwide.



Monday, August 16, 2021

First Bollywood Film Adaptation of a Nigerian Novel: Sin is a Puppy that Follows You Home

First Bollywood Film Adaptation of a Nigerian Novel: Sin is a Puppy that Follows You Home



Only a couple of the Hausa novels have been translated into English. “Sin is a Puppy that Follows You Home” was translated by Indian publishers and subsequently made into a Bollywood movie. The book is available on amazon.com, which describes it as “an Islamic soap opera complete with polygamous households, virtuous women, scheming harlots, and black magic.” Author Balaraba Ramat Yakubu, a veteran founder of the movement, was herself a child bride twice, after her first husband returned her to her family, and she only learned to read and write as an adult. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-ap-top-news-religion-international-news-marriage-3fc0caa13a8646908219306c3e08225b
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Sin is a Puppy That Follows You Home: Publishers: Blaft, 
126 pages.

Dear reader, I was rather charmed by it. Comparing the plot to Ekta Kapoor’s soaps or Karan Johar’s family dramas misrepresents the scale of the story because, for all the theatrics indulged in it, the plot is uncompromisingly stark about how patriarchy, society and religion interfere in women’s desires and autonomy. I found far more resonances with the pragmatic tragedies of Mahasweta Devi’s stories, or the deceptively mundane female worlds of Ismat Chughtai’s work. Women tear each other down, draw dramatic lines between sluttiness and respectability, rely on brothers and extended family while suffering spousal abuse and abandonment. Romance and courtship are abbreviated to a few fast-moving dialogues because the author wants to spend time on the minutiae of how a selfish second wife neglects her kitchen duties. Yakubu’s matriarchal lead Rabi—with her culinary enterprise born of desperation, her baffled rage at her husband’s mistress, her fierce determination to promote her children—is soul sister to Parvati from Kiran Nagarkar’s Ravan and Eddie. Rabi’s daughter Saudatu—dignified, dutiful, happily desirous—resembles Sita in her deference to narrative fiat.
The main reason I would recommend reading this book is because of how much it made me feel at home. It is not heartwarming in the treacly manner of popular films, but instead, like the family histories your aunties tell you, full of compromises and small justices, and the “life goes on” approach to domestic tragedy. This is not a story of exotic Africa, nor of epochal moments in histories of colonialism and its aftermath, nor yet about the fetishized tensions of being Muslim. Instead, it is shopkeepers falling in love with women stopping to buy dress material, and mothers vacillating between the street being unsafe and being a good place to meet eligible men, and bored wives eyeing comely electricians summoned to fix the wiring. Let other books talk about purdah and polygamy; this is a book that concerns itself with soap.

- The Review of The "Sin is a Puppy That Follows You Home" of Balaraba Ramat Yakubu by Deepa Dharmadhikari.

Balaraba Ramat Yakubu is a Nigerian author who writes in Hausa. She is a leader in the genre of littattafan soyayya or "love literature", and one of the very few Hausa-language writers whose work has been translated into English. She has also worked as a screenwriter, producer, and director of Kannywood films. Her stories have focused on issues such as forced marriages and women's education.