Entertainment
30 Days In Atlanta, Finding Fela, New Movies To Watch
Directors and producer of Epic and other block buser movies are not resting on the oars as they continue to release new movies almost on daily basis which have earned them more popularity and and appreciation from both the cinema and home video viewers.
Among the latest films making wars in cinema houses and the home video market include “30 Days in Atlanta” and “Finding Fela”.
30 Days In Atlanta
This adventurous Love and in??? movie is produced by ‘AY’ and directed by Robert Peters. It won the Best Comedy Award of the Year 2014 at the just concluded Best of Nollywood Awards and already has 11 nominations at the up coming GIAMA Awards in Houston Texas. The movie was released to the cinemas across Nigeria on Friday October 31, 2014 amidst glitz and glamour and later to the movie market.
According to ‘AY’, the Executive producer, the movie could be described as Hollywood meets Nollywood with a gollywood twist as it features actors and actresses from Hollywood, Nolly wood and gollywood of Ghana namely AY, Richard Mofe Damijo (RMD) Ramsey Nouah, Mercy Johnson, Desmond Elliot, Vivicq Fox, Lynn whitfield, Karlie Redd, Majid Michel, Juliet Ibrahim Kesse Jabari, Racheal Oniga, Ada Ameh and other notable actors and acresses. It is a must watch.
Finding Fela
The genre of this movie is Documentary Biography and History starring Fela Ransome Kuti, Yeni Kuti and Femi Kuti. It is a look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, the Abami Edah as he is widely known by his mimerous fans within and outside Nigeria. He emerged silverbird Port Harcourt personality of the week October 23rd to December 30th 2014.
The civil rights activist, Pianist, Drummer Song writer and multi instrumentalist as well as pioneer of Afro beat music and leader of Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70. He was born on the 15th of October 1938. The social critic, Pioneered his own kind of music rebelling against oppressive regimes through his music.
Fela Formed the Kalu Kula Republic, a commune, a recording studio and a home for many, connected to the band that he later declared independent from the Nigerian state. He set up his night club in the Empire Hotel Lagos named the Afro spot and later Africa shrine where he performed regularly .
He also changed his middle name Ransome to ‘Anikulapo’ meaning(he who carries death in his pouch) stating that his original middle name of Ransome was a slave name. when he died on August 2nd 1997, more than a million people attended his funeral at the site of the old shrine compound.
A new Africa shrine compound has been opened since Fela’s death in a different section of Lagos under the super vision of his son Femi Kuti. Finding Fela is not only thrilling and exciting, but historical, it is better watched than explained.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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