Nigerian production house
and distribution company, Denziot Productions has acquired distribution rights
for ‘When One Door Closes.’ Nominated for Best Film and Best Director at the
Golden ICONS Awards (GIAMA), awarded a screening at the San Diego Black Film
Festival, and nominated for Best Film, Best Drama, Best Director, Best Actor,
Best Actress, this critically acclaimed film is set for release in April 2014
in Nigeria.
The movie which was
directed by former Nollywood star Robert Peters was produced by Dr. Kulah, Van
Vicker, and Robert Peters. The movie which stars Van Vicker, Hollywood actor
Carl Payne (Cosby Show, Martin), and Chet Anekwe(On Bended Knees, Baby Oku in
America, Unwanted Guest) was noted for its excellent cinematography and story
line, ‘When One Door Closes’ tells the story of love, struggle, and triumph. The
movie also deals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and issues Africans
deal with living in the Diaspora.
The movie was acquired as
part of a new initiative by Desmond and Victoria Elliot through Denziot
Productions to distribute quality and exclusive Nollywood Diaspora films for
Nigeria. As part of this initiative, Denziot
Productions will also distribute “Faces of Love”, a film by Robert Peters and Monica
Omorodion Swaida.
According to Dr Kulah,
lovers of Tyler Perry’s ‘Diary of a Mad Black Woman’, ‘A Thin Line Between Love
and Hate’, ‘Waiting to Exhale’, Baggage Claim, are guaranteed riveting experience.
“If you want to experience what your sisters/brothers in the Diaspora are going
through, then you will love the new wave of African films that are being
produced in the Diaspora and it is to this new wave that this movie belongs.
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