The World Premiere of an Obi Emelonye Film BADAMASI, (Portrait of a General..)
Starring: Enyinna Nwigwe, Sani Danja, Charles Inojie, Kalu Ikeagwu, Okey Bakasi, Yakubu Mohammed, Okey Bakasi, Amara Uwakwe-Anyanwu
VENUE: Cineworld - The O2, Peninsula Square, London, SE10 0DX
DATE: Saturday June 12 2021.
TIME: 19:00 - 22:00
TICKET: Eventbrite <- Click to Buy Ticket Now
INFO: Call/WhatsApp: 07878202481
SYNOPSIS:
Born in a small village in northern Nigeria called Wushishi, Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida or IBB as he is fondly called, loses both of his
parents by the age of 14,
It is his charm and intelligence that would propel him from that
inauspicious beginning to the pinnacle of military politics in Africa's
most populous country.
But to fulfil his destiny, Babangida has to survive a brutal civil war,
spearhead several successful military coups, escape a few ferocious
plots on his own life and confront his deepest fears.
But when fate pitches the General against the will of 150 million tough
Nigerians, something has to got to give. Babangida has won several
battles to rule Nigeria for 8 years.
However, with the country about to implode, he may have to lose the
fight to bring her back from the brink.
OFFICIAL TRAILER
ABOUT OBI EMELONYE (WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR)
(Member: Directors UK / BFI and Chartered Management Consultant
Obi Emelonye, a former professional footballer and lawyer graduated from
The University of Nigeria Nsukka with BA (Hons) Dramatic Arts. He went on to
study for an LLB Law degree from the University of Wolverhampton. He
completed a Post Graduate Degree in Legal Practice from the London
Metropolitan University and practiced Law for a few years before focusing on his first love: films. Obi is presently a Doctoral researcher in film at Goldsmith University of London.
Obi has secured international distribution for most of his films and set himself apart as a truly international commercial filmmaker. His films have grossed millions of dollars in cinema box office revenue. His credits include the multiaward winning The Mirror Boy; the record-breaking Last Flight to Abuja; the mould-breaking Crazy, Lovely, Cool (ALL PRESENTLY STREAMING ON NETFLIX)and the paradigm-shifting biopic BADAMASI (Portrait of a General) coming on soon on Netflix.
Obi Emelonye is now firmly established as one of the new generation of UK
filmmakers taking the magic of independent cinema to the world; with what he calls a ‘quintessential African cinematic voice’. In this era of Black Lives Matter, how fitting that he was profiled by CNN (for the second time) on the iconic AFRICAN VOICES programme
This Amazing BIOPIC Movie is Proudly supported by FEMTEJ KREATIONS MEDIA UK one of the Media Partners.
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