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Descent (2017 Film)
Descent is a 2017 Nigerian film produced by Nwankwo Chibuzor. Descent addresses issues relating to family, narcotics, love and karma. Descent has won a Recognition Award for Best Picture International Trailer and at the year won the Special Movie Award (SMA) in the Republic of The Gambia. Synopsis Descent tells a story of two underworld kings whose greed and thirst for power and vengeance brought them to hurting each other's family. Descent is a combination of drama and action as the suspense and emotions can put viewers on the edge and in tears. The movie highlights true African story of family, betrayal, trust, greed and power. Cast Some of the major characters in the movie include; * Zack Orji Zachee Ama Orji (born 1960) is a Nigerian actor, director, producer and filmmaker known for his role in Nollywood movies Glamour Girls, and Blood Money. Aside from acting, Orji is a preacher. Early History Zachee Ama Orji was born in Librev ... as Kalu Achebe * Matt Stern as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Orji
Zachee Ama Orji (born 1960) is a Nigerian actor, director, producer and filmmaker known for his role in Nollywood movies Glamour Girls, and Blood Money. Aside from acting, Orji is a preacher. Early History Zachee Ama Orji was born in Libreville, Gabon. He grew up in Cameroon, Benin and Togo where he learnt how to speak both English and French fluently. Orji is a graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His first movie was in 1991 and was entitled ''Unforgiven Sin''. In an interview with Nollywood Post, Orji shared how he got the lead role in the movie without auditioning. Since then, Orji has starred in different movies and is now a Nollywood legend. He is also a singer and preacher of God's word since he found Christ. He is married to Ngozi Orji has three children and lives in Nigeria. In 2000, Zack Orji made his directorial debut with the movie titled ''WEB'' starring himself and Ghanaian actress, Kalsoume Sinare. The movie won best collaborative film in the Ghana awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Nigeria
The cinema of Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ..., often referred to informally as Nollywood, consists of films produced in Nigeria; its history dates back to as early as the late 19th century and into the Colonial Nigeria, colonial era in the early 20th century. The history and development of the Nigerian motion picture industry is sometimes generally classified in four main eras: the Filmmaking in Colonial Nigeria, Colonial era, Golden Age of Nigerian cinema, Golden Age era, Video film era and the emerging New Nigerian cinema. Film as a medium first arrived in Nigeria in the late 19th century, in the form of Kinetoscope, peephole viewing of motion picture devices. These were soon replaced in the early 20th century with improved motion picture exhibiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publications. p. 11. . and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its western coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is situated on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the centre of the Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean, thus the long shape of the country. It has an area of with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the country's largest metropolitan area, while the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. The Portugal, Portuguese in 1455 entered the Gambian region, the first Europeans to do so, but never established important trade there. In 1765, the Gambia was made a part of the British Empire by establishment of the Gambia Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Nigerian Films
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
