Inspiring movies of the week. (Half of a yellow Sun and Heaven is for real) SEE TRAILERS

Its a Saturday, a sit-at-home-day or movie day as I like to call it. because except there is an occasion to be graced, all am doing is movies. So every Saturday mornings I will be bringing you insights to inspiring movies I recommend. guess what, today both our movies are currently in cinemas across Nigeria, and Africa, So you truly can see it.

MOVIE #1. 

The first of the two movies I recommend is our very own
"Half of a yellow sun" Now I have read this book and when I was reading this, I felt immediately that it had to get its own tape-time. When I heard it was been turned into a movie some months after I read, i simply smiled. THIS IS A MUST SEE.  (SEE TRAILER BELOW)

Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2013 Nigerian drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The film is a love story that follows two sisters who are caught up in the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War. it brings together the lives of four people during the struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria.

It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Genevieve Nnaji and OC Ukeje. The film premiered in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival 

During the mid-to-late sixties, twin sisters Olanna (Thandie Newton) and Kainene (Anika Noni Rose) return to Nigeria after their education in England, they make decisions that shock their family. Olanna moves in with her lover, the ‘revolutionary professor’ Odenigbo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and his houseboy Ugwu (John Boyega) while Kainene takes over the family interests and pursues a career as a businesswoman, falling in love with Richard (Joseph Mawle), an English writer.

As the Igbo people struggle to establish Biafra as an independent republic, the sisters become caught up in the shocking violence of the Nigerian Civil War and a betrayal that threatens their family forever.

LEAD CAST: 

• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Odenigbo
• Thandie Newton as Olanna
• Onyeka Onwenu as Odenigbo's Mother
• Genevieve Nnaji as Ms Adebayo
• OC Ukeje as Aniekwena
• Anika Noni Rose as Kainene
• Joseph Mawle as Richard
• John Boyega as Ugwu
• Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Captain DUTSE
• Rob David as Redhead Charles
• Babou Ceesay as Okeoma
• Wale Ojo as Chief Okonji
• Tina Mba as Mrs Ozobia
• Zack Orji as Chief Ozobia

Production

Half of a Yellow Sun was shot across five weeks in Tinapa Studio, Calabar and Creek Town, Nigeria. Bandele lists malaria and typhoid as one of the major challenges of the shoot, with several members of the cast and crew becoming ill, including star Thandie Newton.

MOVIE #2:

Now this movie takes a different turn, with a great twist. If you are a christian, then you will love this one. "Heaven is for real"  

Heaven Is for Real is an 2014 American Christian drama film directed by Randall Wallace and written by Chris Parker, based on a 2010 book, Heaven Is for Real by Pastor Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Jacob Vargas and Nancy Sorel. The soundtrack of the film contains the song "Heaven In Me" sung by Darlene Zschech. The film was released on April 16, 2014.

 SEE TRAILER BELOW

Heaven Is for Real is the story of a four-year-old son of a pastor from Imperial, Nebraska who says he experienced Heaven during emergency surgery. He talked about looking down to see the doctor operating and his dad praying in the waiting room. The family did not know what to believe. In Heaven, Colton says he met his miscarried sister whom no one had ever told him about and his great-grandfather who died 30 years before Colton was born. He shared supposedly impossible-to-know details about each. Colton went on to describe the horse that only Jesus could ride, about how “reaaally big” God and His chair are, and how the Holy Spirit “shoots down power” from heaven to help people.

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So if you had no plans for today, I just made one for you. Go see one or both this movies. Next Saturday, I will bring you another list of inspiring movies i recommend; remember here, its all about inspiring you. 

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