Half of a Yellow Sun
Chiwetel Ejiofor has already had a fantastic start to 2014, and now he is back with his new film Half of a Yellow Sun.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a big screen adaptation of the book of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and sees Biyi Bandele make his directorial debut.
The film will be hitting the big screen next Friday, and we have some great clips to share with you:
Half of a Yellow Sun is set to be a sweeping romantic drama, which brings together a terrific cast.
Ejiofor stars alongside Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle and Hakeem Kae-Kazim.
Olanna (Newton) and Kainene (Rose) are glamorous twins from a wealthy Nigerian family. 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 (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 herself when she falls in love with Richard (Mawle), an English writer.
Preoccupied by their romantic entanglements, and a betrayal between the sisters, the events of their life 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 country and the world.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a movie about love, loss, and war and promises to be a truly compelling watch.
Half of a Yellow Sun is released 11th April.
