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“We Have Attack Else Optimism Sacrifice” – Watch Ishaya Bako’s Ammunition Subsidy Withdrawal Documentary “Fueling Poverty”
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The new film is an adaptation of the award-winning novel, ‘I Do Not Come To You By Chance,’ a debut novel written by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani.
The novel was published in 2009, and tells the story of a young Nigerian man set in the world of email scamming.
The 1 hour and 45 minutes production is filmed in Igbo and English and is set to premier worldwide in September 2023 at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The film is one of the nine African titles that will be screened at this year’s festival.
The forthcoming film is directed by Ishayo Bako and executive produced by Genevieve Nnaji, and features a cast of Nollywood actors such as: Beverly Osu, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Jennifer Eliogu, Paul Nnadiekwe and Sambasa Nzeribe.
Concluding Thoughts
This is it. There can never be enough African literature film adaptations; especially by African filmmakers.
The film joins a list of African literature that has been adapted into film such as; Happiness is a Four-Letter Word, Half of a Yellow Sun, Beasts of No Nation, Bidaya wa Nihaya to name a few.
It would be great to see more film adaptations Ishaya Bako Did Not Come to Filmmaking By Chance