Metro Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun Movie Banned For Offensive Content in Light of Terrorism

[Vunderkind]

The Nigeria Film and Video Censorship Board, (NFVCB), has banned the widely publicized and internationally acclaimed film, Half of A Yellow Sun which has been premiered in Nigeria.

The film promoters are making frantic efforts to remove the offensive sections and get the film approved.

Sources said that the film, an adaptation of Chimamanda’s Ngozi Adichie’s novel is being stopped from getting into the market due to the parts that tend to whip up tribal sentiments, especially on issues that led to the Nigerian civil war.

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Source: DailyPost

 

[LequteMan]

I've only heard praises for this movie from those outta the country who've seen it. The film producers are probably wasting their time by cutting scenes. Let some change change hands and voila!- the movie has no "offensive scenes" anymore.