God is African

Set in the final months of 1995, at an university campus in Johannesburg. While most students are finishing up with their final exams, a Nigerian student tries to raise awareness about the pending execution of the Nigerian writer and activist, Ken Saro Wiwa. He hatches a plan to hijack the university radio station, and broadcast a program via cellphone to Nigeria. However, there are several problems in the way, including getting people to co-operate with his plan.

93 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language) .
Drama

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Sometimes I think we are just too African-centric...

Credits

Cast	Hakeem Kae Kazim, Sami Sabiti, Esmeraida Bihi, Hugh Masebenza, Duclu Yende, Phat Joe, Dada Koyana, Ishmael, The Admiral
Director	Akin Omotoso
Screenplay	Akin Omotoso
Music	Marc Ellis, Play
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in	2002
Produced by	TranxAfrica Films & Television (Pty) Limited

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	7
Cape Argus Aldrin Naidu	10
The Cape Times Serena Klein	10
The Star Tanya Farber	12
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	5
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	10
Total Movie Tat Wolfen	10
Average .. 46%	9

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: Hmmm this got off to a bad start, with terrible sound -- the characters sounded as if they were talking in a tunnel, and I had trouble figuring out what was going on. Took a while to realise that the setting was Nigerian students in Johannesburg, at a fictitious university. The storyline stumbled along, without the plot being clearly enunciated (or maybe I missed it), but eventually the action started to pick up a little, and they said some interesting things, which helped it to improve its rating. I think this film may appeal more to the black market here in South Africa, and the art crowd. YMMV.

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God is African

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

Average .. 46%

Visitor Comments