''Coz Ov Moni - The First Pidgen Musical Film in the World'' is a 2010 musical film produced by the FOKN BOIS and directed by independent

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian filmmaker King Luu. The film is a musical entirely spoken in

Ghanaian Pidgin English Ghanaian Pidgin English (GhaPE), is a Ghanaian English-lexifier pidgin also known as Pidgin, Broken English, and Kru English (''kroo brofo'' in Akan). GhaPE is a regional variety of West African Pidgin English spoken in Ghana, predominantly in ...

, but subtitles are shown.

Synopsis

On a normal morning in Gbese, Accra, the FOKN BOIS (rapping duo

M3NSA Mensa Ansah, better known as M3NSA is a British Ghanaian producer, composer, rapper, singer and filmmaker. Known for his recognizable sound and instinctual storytelling, while still being deeply rooted in his motherland, he has grown into an intern ...

and

Wanlov the Kubolor Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, known by his stage name Wanlov the Kubolor (born September 8, 1980, in Ploiești, Romania) is a Ghanaian- Romanian musician and film director born to an Akan father and a Romanian mother. Kubolor is a Ga word that essential ...

) wake up and plan to go clubbing with some lady friends after chasing an evasive debtor for their money. After getting the money, they set off to blow it off on food, partying and women with hilarious and dramatic consequences. While going through the day, the story highlights real struggles of ordinary young Ghanaians in modern Ghana in spite of the strong elements of humour. Their free-spirited and seemingly conceited attitude makes them a few enemies as the day progresses resulting in a dramatic ending.

Cast

* M3NSA *

Reggie Rockstone Reggie Rockstone (Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei, "the Godfather of Hiplife") is a Ghanaian rapper. He was born in the United Kingdom but lived his early years in Kumasi and Accra. He has been living in Ghana continuously since he pioneered the Hip- ...

Samini Emmanuel Andrews Sammini (born 22 December 1981 in Accra, Ghana), known by his stage name Samini (formerly as Batman Samini), is a Ghanaian Reggae and Dance hall recording artiste from Wa, Ghana. His genre of music is a melodious mixture of h ...

* Macho Rapper * Mutombo Da Poet * Mokin

Release

The film premiered in

on 15 May 2010 at Ghana's National Theatre in Accra, and premiered in the

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on 22 July 2010 at The Ritzy in

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. The film was also presented at various film festivals, including the Rio International Film Festival (

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(

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), Black Filmmakers International Film Festival (

(

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), and was the headliner Movie at African Weekender ( Sussex). It was subsequently released as a double disc VCD/CD combination, with the film featured on the Video CD of disc 1, and the

movie soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of ...

featured on disc 2. The soundtrack was then re-released once more as Kweku Ananse + FOKN BOIS present... Coz Ov Moni - The Remix EP, which featured entirely remixed songs off the Soundtrack by Ghanaian producer Kweku Ananse.

Awards and honours

Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards GUBA Enterprise Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise formerly known as the Ghana UK Based Achievement is a social enterprise organization dedicated to the advancement of diaspora Africans and Africans back home through various socio-eco ...

: 1 ** Special Achievement Award: 2011

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