National Film, Video Censors Board finally approves Chimamanda’s ” Half of a Yellow Sun” movie

 

After a four month delay, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), has finally approved the much anticipated and highly ‘controversial’ movie ” Half of a Yellow Sun”; a screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s book of the same name, directed by Biyi Bandele.
The board approved it alongside 76 other  movies. According to the Board’s Corporate Affairs representative, Caesar Kagho, the film which stars Academy Award nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Hollywood star, Thandie Newton and ‘A’ list Nollywood actors, has been approved for viewership in Nigeria and rated “18″.

 On a $10 million (about N1.6billion) budget, the movie was shot in five weeks at Tinapa Studios, Calabar in Nigeria. Bandele reportedly lists malaria and typhoid as one of the major challenges of the shoot, with several members of the cast and crew becoming ill, including Newton