The film is interspersed with archival stock footage of television news broadcasts of political events in Nigeria.Īfter completing their university education in the United Kingdom and United States, twin sisters Olanna ( Thandiwe Newton) and Kainene ( Anika Noni Rose) return to Nigeria. Half of a Yellow Sun begins during the first Nigerian Independence Day on 1 October 1960 and concludes at the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970. It received mixed reception from critics. The film premiered in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandiwe Newton, Onyeka Onwenu, Anika Noni Rose, Joseph Mawle, Genevieve Nnaji, OC Ukeje and John Boyega and was filmed on location in Nigeria. The film is historical fiction that follows two sisters who are caught up in the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War.
Half of a Yellow Sun is a 2013 Anglo-Nigerian drama film directed by Biyi Bandele and based on the novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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