Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Directors

Biyi Bandele

Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje, Anika Noni Rose

The story

Half of a Yellow Sun begins during the first Nigerian Independence Day on 1 October 1960 and concluded at the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970. The film is interspersed with archival stock footage showing television news broadcasts of political events in Nigeria. After completing their university education in the United Kingdom and United States, twin sisters Olanna and Kainene return to Nigeria.

Genres

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