Half of a Yellow Sun Movie now available for online streaming on PanaTV
Finally, the movie everyone has been waiting for is now available
for online streaming on panatv.com - for US residents first. UK residents
will have to wait till August 4th while the company works feverishly to make it
available for streaming in Nigeria despite the ban by the Censor Board.
Half Of A Yellow Sun is the screenplay adaptation of the book of the
same name, written by Orange prize winner, Chimamanda Adichie and directed by
Biyi Bandele.
The film tells the story of privileged twin sisters Olanna and
Kainene, who return to Nigeria after their expensive education in England. They
both make shocking life choices, as Olanna moves in with her lover, the
"revolutionary professor" Odenigbo, while Kainene takes over the
family’s interests and falls in love with an
English writer. Intimate betrayals and the onset of the Nigerian civil war
caused by the declaration of independence of the southeastern regions as the
Republic of Biafra, turn the lives of the sisters around in a way that they
never imagined.
Since its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival last
year, the movie has been widely received and applauded. Packing a powerful cast
comprising Academy Award nominee, ChiwetelEjiofor, BAFTA winner, Thandie
Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Nollywood’s
A-list actress, Genevieve Nnaji, and veteran singer, OnyekaOnwenu, it can be
arguably described as the biggest collaboration between Hollywood and
Nollywood.
