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| Nigerian censors delay release of Biafran war film |
| 2014-04-28 |
| The movie director says censors are delaying the Nigerian premiere of the movie "Half of a Yellow Sun." Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele posted a tweet Friday saying "It's all true" that they were having difficulty with the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board. The screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel is the story of two sisters caught up in Nigeria's 1960s civil war, when the southeast tried to form an independent nation called Biafra. About 1 million people died, most of famine. No one answered the telephone at the board Friday. Some say the film may be banned because it could whip up tribal sentiment. It made it to the top 10 in London cinemas over Easter. |
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