Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion or each other and for their homeland.
Chinonye Chukwu (Director)
Andrea Calderwood (Producer)
Lupita Nyong'o (Producer)
Brad Pitt (Producer)
Jonathan Filley (Line Producer)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Line Producer)
Erika Klopper (Line Producer)
Danai Gurira (Writer)
Rebecca Strickland (1st AD)
Adrian Peng Correia (Cinematographer)
Gohar Gazazyan (Casting Director)
Lupita Nyong’o (Cast)
Tireni Oyenusi (Cast)
Uzo Aduba (Cast)
Corey Hawkins (Cast)
Zackary Momoh (Cast)
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