Half of a Yellow Sun

Biyi Bandele with Thandie NewtonChiwetel EjioforJohn Boyega

2013 Drama Nigeria, United Kingdom, United Kingdom 111 minutes

Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.

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Directed by : Biyi Bandele

Genre: Drama, Romantic

Half of a Yellow Sun .

Casting

Thandie Newton

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

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John Boyega

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