Posts Tagged ‘Actor’

Jackie Appiah, the New Queen of African Cinema

Actress, Jackie Appiah continues to be on the rise following her recent ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ honours at the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for her role in ‘Perfect Picture’. Jackie, who played the role of a flustered wife battling with sexual incompatible with her new husband, has described her new achievement [...]

Leila Djansi teams up with Jimmy Jean-Louis on ‘Sinking Sands’

Jean-Louis is set to play the leading man in the new Turning Point Pictures project written and directed by Leila Djansi. The pair had recently teamed up for an African epic “I Sing of a Well,” which garnered 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay and, Best Director from the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards [...]

GhallyGold Awards launched for Ghallywood

The Ghanaian movie industry, Ghallywood, recently received a boast with the launch of  GhallyGold awards that would honour excellence in that industry. The launch was characterized by well structured presentations on the history of film (movies) in Ghana; the spokes of the industry and the role each of them play or have to play in [...]

Chasing Shirley’s Ghost in ‘A sting in a Tale’

A ghost story from Shirley Frimpong-Manso? Never! Well, not quite the usual African ghost movie but Shirley decided to include the most glamorous ghosts yet out of Africa in her much anticipated fourth production, ‘A Sting In A Tale’. And for me, this very much represented the general feel-good theme of the movie; it was [...]