Anchor Baby (film) explained
| Anchor Baby |
| Director: | Lonzo Nzekwe |
| Music: | Sean Baillie |
| Cinematography: | Ricardo Diaz
C.S.C. |
| Studio: | Alpha Galore Films |
| Distributor: | Alpha Galore Inc. |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | Nigeria
Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | ₦30 million[1] |
| Gross: | ₦18,000,000 (domestic gross)[2] |
Anchor Baby is a Nigerian thriller drama film written, directed and produced by Lonzo Nzekwe and starring Omoni Oboli, Sam Sarpong and Terri Oliver. At the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival in New York, the film won the award for Best Film and Omoni Oboli, the protagonist of the film, was awarded the Best Actress award.[3] [4] The film received two nominations at the 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[5] [6] [7] [8]
Plot
A married Nigerian couple, Joyce and Paul Unanga, living illegally in the United States, has been ordered to leave the country by U.S. immigration. They decide that they will leave, but only after Joyce, who is five months pregnant, delivers her baby in the United States to guarantee automatic U.S. citizenship for their child. Thus ignoring the deportation order, the couple goes into hiding. When Paul is caught and deported, leaving Joyce to fend for herself, she struggles on her own to survive. Bureaucracy keeps getting in the way of Joyce achieving her goal and just as she is about to give up hope, she meets Susan, 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.[9] [10]
Cast
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Movie producers beg banks for cash as Nollywood goes global. Business Day. 21 February 2014. Lagos, Nigeria. 13 August 2013.
- Web site: Nigeria's five bankable actresses . Olatunji . Samuel . NigeriaFilms.com . NigeriaFilms.com . 21 February 2014 . Lagos, Nigeria . 9 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309063158/http://nigeriafilms.com/news/19756/52/nigerias-five-bankable-actresses.html . 9 March 2014 .
- Web site: Hi5 2010 FILM AWARDS. 4 March 2011. Ney York, USA. https://archive.today/20110221012736/http://www.harlemfilmfestival.com/2010/index.html. 21 February 2011. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Can Anchor Baby do better than Ije and Figurine? . 23 November 2010 . . 4 March 2011 . Ibadan, Nigeria . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143228/http://sunday.tribune.com.ng/index.php/features/13831-can-anchor-baby-do-better-than-ije-and-figurine . 24 July 2011 .
- Web site: AMAA Nominations 2011 . . 4 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110302124149/http://www.ama-awards.com/amaa-nominations-2011 . 2 March 2011 .
- News: I got Omoni Oboli out of the blue for my first movie – Lonzo Nzekwe, Anchor Baby producer . https://archive.today/20110715135203/http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010121018553598 . dead . 15 July 2011 . Balogun . Adeola . 10 December 2010 . . 4 March 2011 . Lagos, Nigeria .
- News: Nollywood's prospect is bright –Lonzo Nzekwe. Odulaja. Adedayo. 31 December 2010. The Daily Independent. 4 March 2011. Lagos, Nigeria.
- News: Anchor Baby and the dark underbelly of the American Dream. 12 February 2011. Daily Trust. 4 March 2011. Abuja, Nigeria. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095356/http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/entertainment/4608-anchor-baby-and-the-dark-underbelly-of-the-american-dream. 4 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: Anchor Baby . . 4 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110215035618/http://www.paff.org/panafricanfilmfestival/anchor-baby/ . 15 February 2011 .
- News: Pregnant star actress, Omoni Oboli, ordered out of US •Struggles to gain citizenship for her unborn child . Idowu . Ayo . 30 July 2010 . . 10 March 2011 . Lagos, Nigeria . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143233/http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/weekend-starter/8976-pregnant-star-actress-omoni-oboli-ordered-out-of-us-struggles-to-gain-citizenship-for-her-unborn-child . 24 July 2011 .
