Potato Potahto heads to cinemas in Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana

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Potato Potahto heads to cinemas in Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana --

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:16

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Following a series of successful screenings at multiple international festivals, West African romantic comedy Potato Potahto will kick off its cinematic release across the African continent this November. Potato Potahto opens in Nigerian and South African cinemas on 24 November and makes its way to Ghanaian screens on 30 November.

Directed by award winning Ghanaian filmmaker Shirley Frimpong-Manso; the film stars OC Ukeje, Joselyn Dumas, Joke Silva, Blossom Chukwujekwu, Chris Attoh, Lala Akindoju, Adjetey Anang, Victoria Michaels and Nikki Samonas. The movie tells the story of a divorced couple whose plans to share their matrimonial home results in chaos after the husband, Tony, brings in an attractive female house help. When his ex-wife, Lulu, then hires an attractive young man to help her out, a roller coaster ride of laughter, jealousy and tears ensues.

Director Shirley Frimpong Manso reflects on the film s journey; It has been a whirlwind taking our labour of love across the world. I have truly been overwhelmed by the universal acceptance of the movie, the unusual storyline and our incredible cast; I look forward to when Potato Potahto finally hits the cinemas.

For South African filmmaker Bonginhlanhla Mr. B Ncube, more African filmmakers should adopt Potato Potahto s unique form of pan-African collaborations. This collaboration is a true representation of Africans coming together and saying, we own this space, our continent, our people, let s serve them and tell those African stories-to our people. Mr. B attended the Cannes Film Festival premiere of the film and immediately invited the producers to release the film in South Africa, his production company Sukuma Media which released the action comedy flick, Safe Bet (2016), is actively involved in the South African release.

Producer Inya Lawal is ecstatic about the movie s upcoming cinematic release; We have taken Potato Potahto round the world to an incredibly warm reception, we cannot wait to bring it to cinemas home in Africa, this is just the beginning! she explained.

Potato Potahto has two Best Feature Film awards and has been screened to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, the Durban International Film Festival, the British Urban Film Festival, the Silicon Valley African Film Festival and the Baltimore Internaional Black Film Festival. It was the first Nollywood film to screen at the Chelsea Film Festival and it heads to the American Film Market, Film Africa Festival (in competition) the African International Film Festival and the Toronto Nollywood International Film Festival in November.

Potato Potahto releases in cinemas exclusively to Ster-kinekor on 24 November 2017.

Potato Potahto is a co-production of Ascend Studios, 19 April Entertainment, Virgo Sun Ltd., Lufodo Productions and WB Entertainment.

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