The Story Of The Soul Sisters Premiere set for Lagos
The much awaited Nigerian premiere of Rahman Oladigbolu's award winning film In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters comes up on Thursday September 8, 2011, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas at The Palms in Lekki, Lagos. Popular award winning American actor Jimmy Jean-Louis is Tai Ojo in this movie that has been described as one of the best movies by African filmmakers in the Diaspora. Rahman, a graduate of Quincy College and Harvard University is also the author of On Holy Pilgrimage: A Long Journey for Freedom .
In America: The Story Of The Soul Sisters won the 2011 seventh Edition of the Annual African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for the Best Film for African Abroad and the Best Emerging Filmmaker's Award at the 2010 Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston, Massachusetts.
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