Shirley Frimpong Manso, arguably the best movie director in Ghana, has shown off her 10-year-old son on social media. Shirley and her partner Ken Attoh’s son Lincoln, is celebrating his birthday today! READ ALSO: “There Is No Such Thing As Prophecy, There Is Only Science” – British Diplomat Jon Benjamin Declares You probably did not … Read more
On Saturday, 30 June 2018, the annual Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) returned with nominees for its 2018 awards, and Ghana would have been almost missing from the nomination list but for Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s romcom ‘Potota Potahto’ which scored 5 nominations. Potato Potahto’s nominations at the AMVCA was expected, considering the global rave reviews … Read more
2016 Sparrow Entertainment Festival
On 8th and 9th January, 2016 at the Accra Mall’s SilverBird Cinema, Sparrow Productions served African movie lovers the first dose of its Sparrow Entertainment Festival—screening two of its latest productions; an enthralling political drama series titled ‘SHAMPAIGN’ and a one-of-a-kind movie thriller titled ‘REBECCA.’
They promised a two-day soiree of up close and personal interaction with cast, crew and movie stars from all around the continent, red carpet pictures, interviews, autograph signing and behind the scenes gossip—which was duly delivered.
The 2016 Sparrow Entertainment Festival was a success and therefore we expect it to take on an annual cloak.
The red carpet was celebrity packed; various movie stars and industry persons from Nigeria and Ghana attended—notably; Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Joselyn Dumas, Adjetey Anang, OC Ukeje, Joseph Benjamin, Fred Amugi, Akorfa Edjeani Asiedu, Ken Attoh, Zynell Zuh and others.
The much talked about Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT is finally available on SparrowStation.Com to watch, starting Friday, April 3, 2015—and if you order it in the next few hours before April 3, you will get 20% discount.
So what are you waiting for? Just hurry up and visit SparrowStation.Com now…
When I reviewed the movie last year, I rated it 8/10 and the movie has lived to this—winning multiple awards; fetching Joselyn Dumas the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2014 Ghana Movie Awards and several other awards.
In my review, I mentioned that; “I have long predicted and in a way hoped for a change in the improbable manner the African HIV/AIDS story has been told by many African film-makers. Interestingly, Shirley Frimpong Manso has taken up the challenge to tell the story in a way that is pulsing to the heart—and captivating to the mind in her latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.”
Now you can watch the movie online at SparrowStation.Com—and find out for yourself, how these things play out and what eventually wins the battle.
No doubt the movie departs from the usual central themes of many of our African movies by placing 4 strong conflicting desires on the table—but Shirley Frimpong-Manso perfectly tells the story without any drop of confusion.
It’s a Shirley Frimpong-Manso and Sparrow Productions’ movie so you definitely know you would be served with something interesting on a quality plate…
In ‘Grey Dawn’, “a government minister must choose between using his position to help his father in law stay out of jail for tax evasion or allow the law to take its course with him. His decision sets in motion a chain of events that lures him into committing the one sin that will haunt him for the rest of his life”.
Multiple award-winning film-maker Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s latest movie-Grey Dawn which will start showing in Accra from Friday, 13th February, 2015 takes a big shot at interesting but contrasting human endeavours; politics, family, genuine relationships and illicit affair.
It may seem a little too much to have these strong though conflicting desires come to play in a single movie—however, with her excellent story telling prowess, Shirley Frimpong-Manso succeeds in finding a competing but salient grounds for all these things which have become part and parcel of our human existence.
The movie defines the grounds and boundaries for these human desires but at the end of it all, it becomes obvious which amongst the competing interests takes that single important stage in the lives of the main characters.
Grey Dawn
Anyone who has seen many of Shirley Frimpong-Manso’s movies wouldn’t struggle to extract from her films that she is more of an idealists (sociological sense)—and her ‘utopian’ society was once again vivid on screen. By ‘utopian’ society, I mean an African society where a politician is indeed honourable with some sort of conscience in place.
The Storyline…
In ‘Grey Dawn’, a Government Minister (Harold Davis) played by Bimbo Manuel is fixed between using his position to help his father-in-law stay out of jail for tax evasion or allow the law to take its course with him.
Harold Davis’ decision pulls in his wife’s anger (Jessica Davis played by Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi), worsened by the fact that the stress of the case eventually led to Jessica’s father untimely death.
The anger of Jessica alone would have been bearable for Harold Davis but to watch on helplessly as he begins to loose his wife to the company of a young handsome man—who offers Jessica that perfect wormhole from her darkness into a world of art and music begins to challenge his position as a man, a father and a husband.
Grey Dawn
This is where it gets pretty interesting…
As Jessica is taken into a different world of artistry beauty and temporal peace merged with fun; the same wormhole began to pull her returnee daughter into its deep space—this time, made easy by the fact that Jessica’s daughter (Flora Mends played by Sika Osei) had the same obsessions which dwell in the works of this strange man (Jack played by Marlon Mave) whose works and ‘oomph’ had already consumed Jessica.
I wouldn’t want to box this into the concept of utopianism but it’s difficult to find a society where a woman who is married to a prominent Minister of State would run after a somewhat ‘broke’ painter who does not measure on the social ladder…
Scene from Grey Dawn
Of course the above is capable of happening, especially when the woman has been hurt and care no more about those things we regarded as valuable or socially relevant—in such cases, she yearns for the simplest of things which she would normally pay no attention to. And this is exactly the position we find Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi’s character…
Multiple award-winning Director-Shirley Frimpong-Manso and her Sparrow Productions’ team are back with another movie—just in time for this year’s Valentine.
The movie ‘Grey Dawn’ which features Bimbo Manuel, Sika Osei, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, Marlon Mave and others will be showing in Accra from 13th February, 2015 at the SilverBird Cinemas at the Accra Mall & Weija.
For those in Accra, the Valentine Day has already been freely planned for you—just take that special person to watch a new Shirley Frimpong Manso’s movie as a pre-Vals Day treat or on even on Vals Day and you would definitely score that hard to earn point.
And for those outside Ghana, ‘Grey Dawn’ will be showing on SparrowStation.Com from 20th February, 2015—and you shouldn’t let the date escape you…
In ‘Grey Dawn’ a Government Minister must choose between using his position to help his father in law stay out of jail for tax evasion or allow the law to take its course with him. His decision sets in motion a chain of events that lures him into committing the one sin that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
‘Grey Dawn’ is directed by Shirley Frimpong-Manso—and produced by Ken Attoh & Shirley Frimpong-Manso. Tickets can be purchased from Koala, Airport Shell and SilverBird Cinemas.
GhanaCelebrities.Com caught up with Ken Attoh, one of the greatest minds at Sparrow Productions—-the multiple award-winning production house which has brought us ‘Life and Living It’, ‘ The Perfect Picture’, ‘Scorned’ , A Sting in a Tale’, ‘CheckMate’, ‘Adams Apples’, ‘Potomanto’, ‘Devil in the Detail’ and others to talk about their unique success story…
Ken Attoh who is the Creative Director at Sparrow Productions, has been the Director of Cinematography for all their great movies and MORE spoke to us about the future of Sparrow Productions, the direction and focus of their VOD platform-SparrowStation.Com and some of the main problems facing film-makers in our part of the world.
We tried our luck by throwing in personal questions and ‘hurray’ we got an answer. We framed the question like this; “With you and Director-Shirley Frimpong Manso being a couple, how do you balance private life with the works the two of you do at Sparrow Productions—where do you two draw the lines so that you don’t bring the occasional morning disagreements that take place in every relationship at home to the office?”.
Answering the above question, he said, his relationship with Shirley Frimpong Manso can easily be turned into a whole feature movie and he told us why—-that is GODDAM interesting…
You know what; watch the full interview below to hear all he had to say…
Shirley Frimpong Manso’s recently released film-Devil in the Detail featuring talented Nigerian actress-Nse Ikpe Etim, Adjetey Anang, Ekow Smith Asante and others has received an official selection for this year’s American Film Festival—taking place in NY from 19th to 22nd June…
It is refreshing to know that Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have joined the world of movie festivals by receiving an official ABFF selection together with several others.
According to ABFF’s official website, this year’s festival will see “four days of Hollywood premieres, indie films and dynamic events such as ABFF’s new Entertainment and Lifestyle Expo, celebrity conversations, master classes, film and TV focused panels, plus our hit comedy show, are all being staged to entertain, inform and connect people with a common passion for Black culture”.
After receiving rave reviews from critics and movie enthusiasts, the much talked about Shirley Frimpong Manso’s movie-Devil in the Detail which was released two months ago is finally making it to selected Nigerian Cinemas from 16th May, 2014. So if you are in Nigeria and you love great African movies, this is an opportunity to experience one….
From outstanding acting to its high quality productions—and the many twists and turns, ‘Devil in the Detail’ is a must watch movie. At least after watching it, if you are ever challenged to name one great African movie that gets it all right, you can shout-Devil in the Detail.
Also, to understand why some of us say Nse Ikpe Etim is the most underrated ‘African’ actress caged in a ‘gross talent suppression’ and lack of befitting merit, you must watch ‘Devil in the Detail’ to see her ‘adorable and so real’ performance…
What are you doing tonight? Why don’t you take that special person or treat yourself with the thrill of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT which will start showing tonight-1st May, 2014 at the SilverBird Cinemas (Weija & Accra Mall-6:30pm and 9pm). The movie which has received rave reviews is a … Read more
Multiple award-winning film-maker-Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team premiered their latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT few days ago at the National Theatre in Accra—and apart from the fact that the premiere was fully packed, patrons had a lot of great things to say about the movie.
I watched the movie over the weekend and wrote in my review that “though the theme of the script is set on ‘HIV/AIDS’, the film brilliantly tells the story in such a way that, it does not only steal the best part of your emotions—and it doesn’t do so by invoking ‘sorrowfulness’, but by making you consider the fact that there is unimaginable value in being self-conscious when it comes to sex”.
Surely, it wasn’t just me who noticed the excellence embedded in the production and how brilliant the film tackles the social issue of HIV/AIDS.
LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT will be showing at the SilverBird Cinemas in Accra (Weija & Accra Mall) from 1st May, 2014…And you cannot miss it.
The movie features multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s OC Ukeje, Nana Mensah and a host of other talented actors…
It is produced by Ken Attoh, Shirley Frimpong Manso and Joselyn Dumas—and directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso.
Watch the video below to see what those who attended the premiere had to say…
After a successful premiere last week at the National Theatre in Accra which was greatly attended by African movie lovers and several high profile individuals, those who could not attend the premiere will be able to watch Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT at the SilverBird Cinemas (Weija & Accra Mall) from Thursday-1st May, 2014.
Over the years, Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have given us several great productions with thrilling story-lines, a benchmark which ‘LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT’ pushes higher…
LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT features multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and a host of other talented actors…
The movie tells a poignant story about moving on when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In the movie, a young surgeon’s chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.
Tomorrow-17th April, 2014 at the National Theatre in Accra (6:30pm and 8:30pm), multiple-award winning film-maker Shirley Frimpong Manso will take us on another interesting ride with her latest movie-Love Or Something Like That—-and we cannot wait.
We’ve picked 6 of our valued readers to freely attend the tomorrow’s premiere and enjoy another outstanding production from Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team.
‘Love or Something Like That’ tells a poignant story about moving on when there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In the movie, a young surgeon’s chance meeting with her ex-boyfriend throws her world into absolute chaos when she makes a horrible discovery about her past and what could be the end of a great career, and beautiful marriage.
The movie which is produced by Ken Attoh and directed by Shirley Frimpong Manso features John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and as usual, a host of talented actors.
By kind courtesy of Sparrow Productions, GhanaCelebrities.Com is giving away 6 tickets to our valued readers to attend the grand premiere of Shirley Frimpong Manso’s latest movie-‘Love Or Something Like That’ on Thursday-17 April, 2014 at the National Theatre (6:30pm and 8:30pm).
It is indisputable that Shirley Frimpong Manso and her Sparrow Productions team have a great understanding of movie making—and over the years, they’ve given us nothing less than quality productions with great story-lines.
We thought “Life and Living It” was great, until we say the “Perfect Picture” and then came “Scorned”, “A Sting in a Tale” “6 Hours to Christmas” which were all outstanding productions—and we were taking to a different level of storytelling with unimaginable twists and turns when “Adams Apples 1 & 2” came. As if that was not enough, “Potomanto” changed the game and “Devil in the Detail” pushed the mark even higher…
The track record speaks for itself and that is why we cannot wait to see “Love Or Something Like That” this coming Thursday, featuring multiple award-winning Ghanaian actor-John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Christabel Ekeh, Nigeria’s O.C Ukeje, Nana Mensah and others.
