This past weekend was nice, like really nice. I met two great people. Chiwetel Ejiofor, British star and Biyi Bandele, director of the film, "Half of a Yellow Sun". One of them is my new crush...... shhhhhh. Don't tell : ) I'll leave you to figure out which one of the two celebrities I'm crushing on...lol.
The movie, an adaptation of Nigerian author, Chimamanda's book premiered over the weekend and we got slots to have a one on one interview with some members of the cast and the director. That went really well.
I don't want to bore you with details of the drama involved in us covering the film premiere in Lagos, Nigeria. First, it was no media could cover the premiere, and then, you're restricted to the red carpet downstairs. But, thankfully (Bobo at work), we found our way up and I even got to see the final 20 minutes (thanks to JSO) of the movie. I mean, how would one write the script without absorbing everything that it entails?
Great movie, the cinema hall had audio issues which just kinda ruined it for some people. Nevertheless, I guess they understood the Nigerian factor at work.
This movie highlights the fact that we need many more movies like this. We need a more functional industry that allows for funding of such huge projects.
I know we had a really terrible start to the week caused by the blast in Abuja yesterday but I had to relieve the weekend before it all just becomes a memory.
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| Chiwetel Ejiofor being interviewed |
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| Journalists at press briefing |
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| Biyi Bandele, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andrea Calderwood |
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| O.C Ukeje |
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| Kemi Lala Akindoju |
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| Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and daughter |
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| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
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| Wale Ojo, Genevieve Nnaji and OC Ukeje |
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| Genevieve Nnaji |
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| Some members of the cast |
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| Stars posing for photographs |
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| Onyeka Onwenu |
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