"Half of a Yellow Sun" delayed by Nigeria censors

 

A film about the Biafran war has been delayed by the Nigerian censors

 

A Nigerian film titled “Half of a yellow sun” by Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele was set to premiere on the cinemas last Friday but due to “regulatory issues” has been delayed.

The film is based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about the 1967-70 civil war, in which more than a million people.

  

It has also been reported that some fear the film, which is seen as sympathetic to the Biafran separatist cause, and could be a big stepping stone to the separation establishment of Biafra as a sovereign state.

The Nigeria film board saw the film seven months ago, Mr Bandele said.
"What's frustrating is we have not received a formal letter from the board telling us we've been banned, or that we've not been banned," he added
"One of the reasons Nigeria is more divided today - 40 years after the end of the war - than it was before the war started, is because we have refused to talk about the elephant in the room."

The film “Half of a yellow sun” features Twelve Years a Slave actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and Crash star Thandie Newton.