Uzodinma Iweala's highly acclaimed novel, Beasts of No Nation will debut at the forthcoming 72nd Venice Film Festival - La Biennale de Vennezia (2nd to 12th September) and will also screen Toronto International Film Festival - TIFF (10th to 20th September).
Beasts Of No Nation screenplay and direction is by Cary Fukunaga.
The principal actors are Idris Elba, Ama K. Abebrese, Grace Nortey, David Dontoh, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Abraham Attah and Richard Pepple.
The film is produced by Amy Kaufman, Cary Fukunaga, Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Red Crown Productions. Distribution is by Bleecker Street and Netflix.
It is worth noting that Iweala's novel borrow's it's name from Fela Kuti's 1989 album.
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Nigerians have so many gifts. Never heard of this person until now. I must find the book to read before the movie comes out.
ReplyDeleteI like Idris Elba but when are we going to start using Nigerian home bred actors? Not everything we do should be straight to dvd. We Nigerians need to be more serious about our own art.
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