After a successful showcase at various prestigious film festivals around the world and thrilling African movie lovers in Ghana, Nigeria and Canada to a great story, the award winning movie ‘Anchor Baby’ will find its way into selected UK Cinemas from Friday, 2nd September, 2011.
‘Anchor Baby’ which highlights the struggles of many African immigrants in the United States and other developed countries across the world will receive a theatrical release at the following UK Cinemas- Odeon Greenwich, Lee Valley, Streatham, Surrey Quays and Manchester Printworks.
Apart from the exceptional applauds the movie has received from those who had early opportunity in Africa to watch it, Anchor Baby has won several awards such as “Best Film” and “Best Actress” awards at the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival and “Best Screenplay” at the 2010 Los Angeles Movie Awards.
The movie also received official selection at other prominent film festivals such as the Pan African International Film Festival and San Diego Black Film Festival.
If you are based in UK or will be around from Friday, 2nd September, 2011, you definitely have to catch this outstanding African movie which has been described by BBC “Focus On Africa” editor Leslie Goffe as “a movie with consequences… with roots in Africa”.
‘Anchor Baby’ tells a story of a ‘married, illegal immigrant couple Joyce (Omoni Oboli) and Paul Unanga (Sam Sarpong) have been ordered by the U.S. immigration to leave the country.
They decide that they will leave, but only after Joyce, who is five months pregnant, delivers her baby in the U.S. This will guarantee automatic U.S. citizenship for their child. Ignoring the deportation order the couple goes into hiding.
Later, Paul is caught and deported by a team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
But bureaucracy keeps getting in the way of Joyce achieving her goal and just as she is about to give up hope, she meets Susan Backley (Terri Oliver), a married freelance writer who offers to help in the form of safe, free accommodation until the baby is born.
With the help of her newfound friend, Joyce sets out to make the ‘American Dream’ come true for her unborn child.’
‘Anchor Baby’ stars the award winning Nollywood actress Omoni Oboli, British born/LA based actor/supermodel Sam Sarpong, Canadian actress Terri Oliver and others. It was written and directed by Lonzo Nzekwe.
Check out the trailer below…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yx_kiBOZDA
Website: http://www.anchorbabymovie.com
In UK Cinemas from Friday, 2nd September, 2011.
Gosh this looks wicked…im so gonna watch this…defo. Nice one Chris
heard it is a good movie so will definitely try and watch it when it here. What are the exact dates for each cinema though?
Can’t wait to watch dis in September cos I’ve read lots of gud reviews abt dis movie.These are da kind of movies we shd be making & not those overrecycled & copied trash we’re being bombarded with daily!
@TheChuckylee, lol say it again oo
I’ve heard great stuff about this movie. I heard it’s out September 2 in the 5 cinemas in UK. I learnt Sam Sarpong who plays the lead is also Ghanian who lives in the U. S. I’m def watching this one. Is there going to be a red carpet premiere too? If anyone knows, pls let me know how to get tickets.
movies like this will take the African movie industry to places and not the 2 by 4 movie they shoot with mobile phone cameras in 2 days. Kudos to the Director
@Tracy,lmao mobile fone cameras paa.
finally i need to watch this Movie i guess Surrey Quays is closer to my yard
This is a trailer men. I have to see this in Greenwich September 2. This movie is not only Nigerian movie. We have our own person Sam Sarpong in it, so that makes it a Ghana movie too.