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Imasuen’s historical epic ‘INVASION 1897’ has officially been selected for “THE
PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015” taking place in Los Angeles California, USA
from February 5-16th, 2014. Also, ‘INVASION 1897” will be showing on the 7th of
February by 1pm at the British Film Institute (BFI), Belvedere Road, South
Bank, Waterloo London SE1 8XT.
This
wonderful movie which has been nominated for the AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS CHOICE
AWARDS (AMVC) - Best Movie (Drama) and Best Directior of the Year has also gone
ahead to be nominated by the 10th SCREEN NATION AWARDS - SNA2015 for the ‘Favourite
African UK Movie’ Category.
‘INVASION
1897’ has witnessed record attendance at cinemas across Nigeria since it was
released on December 5, 2014. There has been unanimous agreement among
moviegoers that it is one of the best movies of 2014.
Impressively,
this wonderful movie has outperformed Hollywood titles at various locations
across the country. The movie is spearheading a Nollywood invasion of Nigerian
cinemas, which has seen Nollywood movies taking over from Hollywood movies at
the Nigerian box office.
The
epic is based on the invasion of the great Benin Kingdom by the British in
1897, which saw the deposition of Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi. The movie parades an
impressive cast, which includes Mike Omoregbe, Segun Arinze, Rudolph Walker,
Charles Inojie, Paul Obazele, Justus Esiri, Charles 'Chucky' Venn, and Leo
Mezie.
‘INVASION
1897’ has won awards already:
ABUJA
INTL FILM FESTIVAL Best Actor
Best Film
Best Sound
BAFTA
(UK) Best
Producer
Best Supporting Actor
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