International Lens Film Series

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Half of a Yellow Sun

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, 7:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240

Presented by: Dr. Clive Mentzel, Director, Active Citizenship & Service

USA (2013) Dir: Biyi Bandele.

This award-winning drama, based on the novel Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Adichie, is a love story based in Nigeria. Olanna and Kainene, two sisters, return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. Civil war then unites the two sisters as they join the fight to establish an independent republic. The sisters become caught up in the astonishing violence of the Nigerian Civil War and deceit that threatens their home life. English. Rated R.  Blu-ray. 111 min.

Presented in collaboration with the Vanderbilt African Student Union.