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A World Apart is a 1988 anti-apartheid drama film directed by Chris Menges, and starring Barbara Hershey, David Suchet, Jeroen Krabbé, Paul Freeman, Tim Roth and Jodhi May. Written by Shawn Slovo , it is based on the lives of Slovo's parents, Ruth First and Joe Slovo .
The cinema of Egypt and the cinema of Tunisia are among the oldest in the world. Cinema of Egypt in particular is the most established and flourishing industry in Africa. [2] [3] Pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumière screened their films in Alexandria, Cairo, Tunis, Susa, Libya and Hammam-Lif, Tunisia in 1896.
Described as the first blockbuster in Nigeria, grossing approximately ₦61,000 in three days [5] Vengeance of the Cult: Eddie Ugbomah: 1985: Witchdoctor of the Livingdead: Charles Abi Enonchong Horror Mosebolatan: Moses Olaiya: Described as the film grossed ₦107,000 in five days [1] [5] Kannakanna: Bayo Aderohunmu 1986: Apalara: Eddie ...
After the decline of the Golden era, Nigerian film industry experienced a second major boom in the 1990s, supposedly marked by the release of the direct-to-video film Living in Bondage (1992); the industry peaked in the mid-2000s to become the second largest film industry in the world in terms of the number of annual film productions, placing ...
Nollywood USA movies typically tell Nigerian stories, and they usually star established Nollywood actors, alongside upcoming Nigerian/African actors living in the diaspora. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The movies usually have their premieres in Nigeria and they also sometimes secure national theatrical release like the regular Nollywood movies.
In 1940, [25] the entrepreneur and translator Anis Ebeid established "Anis Ebeid Films", as the first subtitling company in Egypt and the rest of the Middle East, bringing hundreds of American and World movies to Egypt. Later he entered the movie distribution business too. [26] Egyptian cinema flourished in the 1940s, with the number of films ...
The Maghreb is usually defined as encompassing much of the northern part of Africa, including a large portion of the Sahara Desert, but excluding Egypt and the Sudan, which are considered to be located in the Mashriq — the eastern part of the Arab world.
Egypt is the eighth most water stressed country in the world. Despite covering only about 5% of the total area of Egypt; the Nile Valley and Nile Delta are the most important regions, being the country's only cultivable regions and supporting about 99% of the population. The Nile valley extends approximately 800 km from Aswan to the outskirts ...