Half of a yellow sun

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[2014]
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English
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Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon 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 lover, the "revolutionary professor"Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka; Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises even herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life seem to loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world.
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Grouping Titlehalf of a yellow sun
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
Bandele-Thomas, Biyi, 1967-
Ejiofor, Chiwetel, 1977-
Newton, Thandiwe, 1972-
Rose, Anika Noni, 1972-
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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,1977-
Bandele-Thomas, Biyi,1967-film director,screenwriter
British Film Institute,production company
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Newton, Thandiwe,1972-actor
Rose, Anika Noni,1972-actor
Shareman Media (Firm),production company
Slate Films,production company
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Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. Upon 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 lover, the "revolutionary professor"Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his devoted houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) in the dusty university town of Nsukka; Kainene turns out to be a fiercely successful businesswoman when she takes over the family interests, and surprises even herself when she falls in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer. Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life seem to loom larger than politics. However, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war, in which the lgbo people fought an impassioned struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world.
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2014
2017
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Feature films
Fiction films
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Motion pictures
Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Drama
Romance films
Sisters -- Drama
Twins -- Drama
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Half of a yellow sun
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a yellow sun / Shareman Media and BFI present ; a Slate Films production ; screenplay by Biyi Bandele ; produced by Andrea Calderwood ; directed by Biyi Bandele
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Half of a yellow sun
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History
Man-woman relationships
Motion pictures
Sisters
Twins
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