HALF OF A YELLOW SUN HERE NOW

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says that the controversial screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s book, Half of A Yellow Sun, directed by Biyi Bandele has finally been approved. According to the Board’s Corporate Affairs representative, Caesar Kagho, the film which stars Academy Awards nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hollywood star, Thandie Newton and A list Nollywood actors, has been approved for viewership in Nigeria and rated “18″.


 This approval is one that has been anticipated for quite a while now and it’s lateness has had Nigerians who were looking forward to the movie questioning the NFCVB’s rules. The movie was also recently enlisted for online viewing in the US. Alongside Half of A Yellow Sun, the Board also approved 76 other movies were also approved. According to Mr Kagho, “All approved movies fulfilled the regulatory conditions stipulated by the NFVCB. According to Channels TV, Movies approved to show in cinemas include: Edge of Tomorrow (18), Tokarev(18), Maleficent(15), Vampire Academy(18), Blended(15), Dead Drop(18), 22 Jump Street(18), Holiday A Soldier is never off Duty(18), Finding Fela (18), How to Train your Dragon(18), Under the Skin(18), The Fault in our Stars(18), Half of a Yellow Sun(18), Million Dollar Arm(12) and Transformers: Age of Extinction(18). In the none exhibition category meant for home audience, 62 movies were approved of which 16 were in English, 25 Yoruba, 19 Hausa and 2 Ibibio languages respectively. Only one of the 62 approved for home release, “Bakan Dabo” a Hausa language movie, is rated “G” for General Viewing. An Ibibio language movie “Minika” is the only production rated “12” in June 2014 NFVCB approvals. Twenty-five movies were classified “15” including “Abi Doka” (Hausa), “Aja Saba Ekun” (Yoruba), “Family Conflicts” (English), “Amada” (Hausa), “Beeky Benson” (Yoruba), “Man over Board” (English) “Babban Lasan” (Hausa), “Ejomiko” (Yoruba), “Mask of sorrow” (English). Another Thirty – five movies were classified “18” including “uko Iden” (Ibibio), “Afopina” (Yoruba), “Biloniya” (Hausa), “Chameleons”(English), “Ajogunba” (Yoruba), “Dalilina” (Hausa), “Cry of a Mother Inlaw” (English), “Eto” (Yoruba) “Mu Mama” (Hausa), and “Wet Blanket” (English). For those classified “18” NFVCB issued the consumer advice on ritual, strong language, horrific visuals, and imitable technique. Other movies approved in the home category with varying classification ranging from “G” – “18” include: “Fatima Bin tu” (Hausa), “Make a Movie” (English), “Mama inna” (Hausa), “Eyi mi” (Yoruba), “Where Talent lies” (English), “Eshin Okoku” (Yoruba), “Coming to Lagos” (English), “Duniyar Nan” (Hausa), “Man Overboard” (English) etc. In another development, the NFVCB is set to burn N10M (Ten Million Naira) worth of pornographic and unwholesome movies seized within FCT and environs during targeted operation between January to June 2014. In the operations which covered Gwagwalada, Karu, Kubwa, Wuse market and Airport Road, over 2 million films were seized, of which sixty percent were pornographic while forty percent were uncensored, unwholesome and pirated.

HOAYSstill The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) says that the controversial screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s book, Half of A Yellow Sun, directed by Biyi Bandele has finally been approved. According to the Board’s Corporate Affairs representative, Caesar Kagho, the film which stars Academy Awards nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hollywood star, Thandie Newton and A list Nollywood actors, has been approved for viewership in Nigeria and rated “18″. This approval is one that has been anticipated for quite a while now and it’s lateness has had Nigerians who were looking forward to the movie questioning the NFCVB’s rules. The movie was also recently enlisted for online viewing in the US. Alongside Half of A Yellow Sun, the Board also approved 76 other movies were also approved. According to Mr Kagho, “All approved movies fulfilled the regulatory conditions stipulated by the NFVCB. According to Channels TV, Movies approved to show in cinemas include: Edge of Tomorrow (18), Tokarev(18), Maleficent(15), Vampire Academy(18), Blended(15), Dead Drop(18), 22 Jump Street(18), Holiday A Soldier is never off Duty(18), Finding Fela (18), How to Train your Dragon(18), Under the Skin(18), The Fault in our Stars(18), Half of a Yellow Sun(18), Million Dollar Arm(12) and Transformers: Age of Extinction(18). In the none exhibition category meant for home audience, 62 movies were approved of which 16 were in English, 25 Yoruba, 19 Hausa and 2 Ibibio languages respectively. Only one of the 62 approved for home release, “Bakan Dabo” a Hausa language movie, is rated “G” for General Viewing. An Ibibio language movie “Minika” is the only production rated “12” in June 2014 NFVCB approvals. Twenty-five movies were classified “15” including “Abi Doka” (Hausa), “Aja Saba Ekun” (Yoruba), “Family Conflicts” (English), “Amada” (Hausa), “Beeky Benson” (Yoruba), “Man over Board” (English) “Babban Lasan” (Hausa), “Ejomiko” (Yoruba), “Mask of sorrow” (English). Another Thirty – five movies were classified “18” including “uko Iden” (Ibibio), “Afopina” (Yoruba), “Biloniya” (Hausa), “Chameleons”(English), “Ajogunba” (Yoruba), “Dalilina” (Hausa), “Cry of a Mother Inlaw” (English), “Eto” (Yoruba) “Mu Mama” (Hausa), and “Wet Blanket” (English). For those classified “18” NFVCB issued the consumer advice on ritual, strong language, horrific visuals, and imitable technique. Other movies approved in the home category with varying classification ranging from “G” – “18” include: “Fatima Bin tu” (Hausa), “Make a Movie” (English), “Mama inna” (Hausa), “Eyi mi” (Yoruba), “Where Talent lies” (English), “Eshin Okoku” (Yoruba), “Coming to Lagos” (English), “Duniyar Nan” (Hausa), “Man Overboard” (English) etc. In another development, the NFVCB is set to burn N10M (Ten Million Naira) worth of pornographic and unwholesome movies seized within FCT and environs during targeted operation between January to June 2014. In the operations which covered Gwagwalada, Karu, Kubwa, Wuse market and Airport Road, over 2 million films were seized, of which sixty percent were pornographic while forty percent were uncensored, unwholesome and pirated.

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