“The Champion Sportsman” - premiere in Berlin



“The Champion Sportsman” - Nigerian-German Film Production

World Premiere in Berlin, Germany
Tuesday – April 13, 2010
Time: 7pm

Venue:
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Schumannstr. 8 10117 Berlin

Eintritt frei

Okoro sells off all his property and with the money purchases a false passport and visa to come to Berlin, Germany. On arrival his initial plan to stay only six months and make as much money as he could gets subsumed by language problems, cultural differences, racial psychologies, socio-economic hardships as well as deportation process.

Does Okoro give up or confronts the Europe that is quickly becoming a "boxing ring" for unprepared immigrants from Africa? "The Champion Sportsman" is an Nigeria-German co production in a Nollywood style customized with a European Art experimentation by German Artist Network, InterArte and Kulturkontakt Berlin. Also participating are students of Art University Braunschweig.

Production coordinated by Sarah Braun, Jörg Heuer, Anja Fiedler, David Reuter and Azubuike Erinugha.


Further Screenings:

Wednesday – April 14 2010
Time: 8 pm – Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Schumannstr. 8 10117 Berlin

Thursday – April 15, 2010
Time: 8 pm – Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
Schumannstr. 8 10117 Berlin

Format: HD, Farbe, 115 mins /Originalsprache & Untertitel: Deutsch & Englisch
Drehorte: Berlin/Deutschland & Okigwe/Nigeria

Nigerian stars include: Patience Ozokwo, John Okafor, Sandra Achums
Produktion: Kulturkontakte e.V./ Künstlernetzwerk InterArte
Directed by: Azubuike Erinugha


http://www.towncrierinternational.com/champion.html

anotha confirmation that Ibo men are runnin thangs in EUROPE>, chimooo, lol,

from selling spare parts to making movies, hehehehehhe, THERE IS HOPE for those in ABA too