Half of a Yellow Sun

TRAILER: HALF OF A YELLOW SUN – STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AND THANDIE NEWTON

July 24, 2013

The highly anticipated film adaptation of the best selling novel ‘Half Of A Yellow Moon’ stars Thandie Newton, John Boyega, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle and Genevieve Nnaji. Weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. Olanna (Newton) and Kainene (Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Returning to a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria after their expensive English education, the two women make very different choices. Olanna shocks her family by going to live with her […]

ANGER AFTER THANDIE NEWTON IS CAST TO PLAY AN IGBO WOMAN IN NEW FILM

January 28, 2012

British actress Thandie Newton has been cast to play an Igbo woman in the film adaptation of Ngozi Adichie’s award-winning novel Half Of A Yellow Sun, the story of the Nigerian-Biafran War. According to Clutch Magazine Newton is set to play  one of the main roles along side fellow British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. But the casting of Newton who is mixed race (mother is from Zimbabwe and father is English) has caused major upset and an online petition has been set up demanding that an Igbo actress is cast […]