Inspired by the timeless hymn from which it takes its instantly recognizable name, director jeta amatas epic drama tells the remarkable tale of john newton, a british slave trader who was moved to pen one of the worlds bestknown spiritual. A truly amazing storyline an easy watch the true definition of where we aspire to be with african cinema. It can be found in american stores and on websites such as netflix. The amazing grace ni filamu ya kuigiza ya kihistoria ya briteni nigeria iliyotengenezwa mwaka 2006 na kuandikwa na jeta amata na nick moran, iliyoongozwa na jeta amata na kutayarishwa na jeta amata na alicia arce.
Jeta is particularly popular for such movies as the amazing grace, alexa affair and mary slessor, and has received local and international acclaim. Amazing grace set to cart away nine amaa awards naija. Nairaland forum entertainment tv movies amazing grace. The amazing grace inggih punika filem sandhiwara sujarah saking inggrisnigeria ingkang kadamel taun 2006. The movie by jeta amata 1 reply go down amazing grace. Nigerian director, writer, producer jeta amata then uses a lot of artistic licence to explain how newtons life was changed by the horrors that he witnessed. Events in the film are loosely based on newtons adventures. Mbong amata, actress with amazing grace entertainment. The amazing grace by jeta amata jeta amata, nick moran.
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Nigerian director, writer, producer jeta amata then uses a lot of artistic licence to explain how newtons life. Amata s film the amazing grace, can be found in american stores and on websites such as netflix. With nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong amata, fred amata. They jeta amata and amata married in 2008 and their daughter veno was born later. Coming from a family of veteran filmmakers ifoghale amata, zack amata and fred amata, it is no surprise that he soars in the world of film and entertainment. Mbong amata todays woman crush wednesday is mbong amata. The movie, the amazing grace, is inspired by the true story of the english slave trader, john newton, and the events that led him to compose that popular hymn,the amazing grace. Over a decade ago, jeta amata, created a remarkable piece of cinema with the amazing grace, a film that contributed to the loss of his house and incurred the filmmaker a few debts. The film stars joke silva, nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong odungide, fred amata and zack amata. The amazing grace is a 2006 british nigerian historical drama film written by jeta amata and. The amazing grace is the reformation story of british slave trader john.
After going everywhere and putting mbong in front of the kind of audience that i did, i felt she needed to do a bigger film than the amazing grace. Beberapa bintang yang bermain dalam film ini antara lain joke silva, nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong odungide, fred amata, dan. Inspired by the timeless hymn from which it takes its instantly recognizable name, director jeta amatas epic drama tells the remarkable tale of john newton, a. The amazing grace and 26 related entities entities finder.
The amazing grace is a film directed by jeta amata with nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong odungide, fred amata, year. Jeta amata was dubbed by a renowned uk publication, the guardian, as nollywoods gift to hollywood. Four one nine emails, lassa fever, afrobeat and to that i must add, giving the world the tune to amazing grace. Also nigerian directorwriterproducer jeta amata, the film provides a refreshing and creative african perspective on the familiar amazing grace theme. The film received 11 nominations and won the award for achievement in cinematography at the africa movie academy awards in 2007. She is optimistic that the movie which has been nominated for nine different categories will not miss any due to the fact that the film received a standing. The amazing grace adalah film inggrisnigeria produksi tahun 2006 bergenre drama sejarahis yang disutradarai oleh jeta amata, berdasarkan skenario yang ditulis oleh jeta amata dan nick moran, serta diproduseri oleh jeta amata dan alicia arce. Biography and career journey of gbenro ajibade, a thriving model and actor jeta amata background. Codeblack entertainment vivendi visual entertainment firm. John newton is captain of a slave ship moored off the coast of nigeria. The amazing grace the 2006 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio.
Glocnn african voices profile nigerian film director. This thematic connection to the song amazing grace which wilberforce sings passionately in one scene informs the movies own structure. The more wilberforce sees through flashbacks and imagined visions pictured while remorseful slave ship captainamazing grace composer john newton albert finney recalls abusing and killing slaves. To most nollywood practitioners and particularly the media, jeta amatas wave making film, amazing grace was produced with ease, as it was believed to have been bankrolled by the amiable former governor of cross river state, donald duke. The 30 year old actress first made it on our screens when played the leading female role in the movie amazing grace directed by jeta amata. Nigerian actors joke silva, mbong odungide, and fred amata brother of the director portray africans who are captured and wrested away from their homeland by slave traders. Nyota wa filamu hiyo ni joke silva, nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong odungide, fred amata na zack amata. Nigeria is a land of many religions, but the two most dominant are christianity and islam. Jeta amata concepts, is a movie production company that works to bridge african cinema with the global cinematic world.
This nigerian financed film was released in the same year as the better known amazing grace which starred albert finney as an older newton and advisor to william wilberforce himself. The story of british slave trader john newtons voyage to west africa and the events that inspired him to write the worlds most popular hymn, amazing grace. The amazing grace 2006 stream and watch online moviefone. The movie by jeta amata 8988 views onikola movie by funmi fiberesima. Amazing grace made its north american premiere as the closingnight gala attraction at the 2006 toronto film festival. Jac strives to tell the stories of those who have no voice. Ingkang maragani filem punika antawisipun joke silva, nick moran, scott cleverdon, mbong.
Jeta amatas amazing grace remains a psychic experience. Jetas the amazing grace won the award as best west african film in 2006 screen nations award uk is also the first nigerian film to be screened at the prestigious cannes film festival. He was born on the 21st of august, 1974, to popular nigerian actor zack amata. He is the son of the veteran filmmaker and actor, zack amata.
So i kept blocking every smaller film that was offered to her, said jeta amata. Fred amataetim, nick moranjohn newton, mbong odungideansa, joke silva its not exactly a recent movie but i just saw a group for it on facebook, the amazing grace. Mbong amata biography, age, married, career, movies, net. The amazing grace 2006 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The amazing grace 2006 directed by jeta amada jeta amata genres drama, historical film subgenres biography, docudrama, inspirational drama, period film release date jun 1, 2006 usa unknown run time 100 min.
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