THANDIE NEWTON CHIWETEL EJIOFOR

“SUPERB PERFORMANCES” - VARIETY
Adapted from the award winning novel by CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
“AN EPIC AND STRIKING ADAPTATION .
..POWERFUL & MOVING PERFORMANCES”
- SCREENDAILY
“THE FILM IS GORGEOUS,
EVOCATIVE AND EASILY
THE HIGHLIGHT OF NEWTON’S
ACHIEVEMENTS AS AN ACTRESS”
- VANITY FAIR
Academy Award® Nominee
CHIWETEL
EJIOFOR
(12 YEARS A SLAVE, 2012,
O
AMERICAN GANGSTER)
BAFTA Award® winner
THANDIE NEWTON
(THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS,2012,
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK)
lanna (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 life choices. Olanna shocks her family by
going to live with her lover, the “revolutionary professor” Odenigbo (Chiwetel
Ejiofor) 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.
P
reoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between
the sisters, the events of their life seem to loom larger than politics. Separately
and together, they become caught up in the events of the Nigerian civil war,
ending in chilling violence which shocked the entire world.
“GREAT PERFORMANCES FROM RICHLY DRAWN
IMAGES… CHIWETEL EJIOFOR, TURNING IN
YET ANOTHER SUPERB PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR.”
- INDIEWIRE
“BRILLIANT”
- THE HUFFINGTON POST
Bonus Features:
- B-Roll footage
- Featurette
- Soundbites: Producer Andrea Calderwood, Director
Biyi Bandele, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton,
Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle and John Boyega
$26.95/SRP
HALF OF A YELLOW SUN/ DVD
113 min./Color/Cat# 320102
UPC: 0 1223 320102 4
ISBN: 978-1-56994-384-7
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