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1. Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)
R | 111 min | Drama, Romance
Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Director: Biyi Bandele | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle
Votes: 2,156 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Notes Towards an African Orestes (1970)
65 min | Documentary
The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray
Votes: 550
3. Broen til Biafra (1968)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary short about the relief provided to the Biafra during the Civil War in Nigeria during the late 1960s.
Director: Jørgen Vestergaard | Star: Jørgen Rygaard
4. Waking at Dawn (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Northern Nigeria 1966: An 11yr old Muslim boy, Khalid, is forced to run out into the middle of the night to save his 11yr old Christian friend, Obi, from a religious war neither of them understands.
Director: Onyinye Egenti | Stars: Malik Oyeyebi, Toyosi Ekpiteta, Doherty Luka, Mannura Umar