Sasha Morfaw (Black Panther), Jimmy Jean-Louis, Sufe Bradshaw (Veep), Sydelle Noel (Glow), and Peter Mensah (300) will star in the indie film Rise from first-time feature director Maritte Go.
The dramatic thriller is inspired by the real-life conflict between the Nigerian people and the Boko Haram insurgency, the jihadist rebel organization responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls and women and enslaving them in the sex trade.
Co-written by Go and Broderick Engelhard, the pic follows an eighteen-year-old Nigerian princess (Morfaw) who allows herself to be kidnapped by the Boko Haram in a harrowing attempt to save her younger sister, eventually going head to head against the Boko Haram’s most dangerous and calculating leader (Jean-Louis).
Eric B. Fleischman of Defiant Studios is producing the project alongside Maurice Fadida of Kodiak Pictures. Executive producers are Mickey Gooch, Jr. and G.D.Guyer of Kodiak, Andre Druskeit of Telepool, and Kewku Mandela.
The dramatic thriller is inspired by the real-life conflict between the Nigerian people and the Boko Haram insurgency, the jihadist rebel organization responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls and women and enslaving them in the sex trade.
Co-written by Go and Broderick Engelhard, the pic follows an eighteen-year-old Nigerian princess (Morfaw) who allows herself to be kidnapped by the Boko Haram in a harrowing attempt to save her younger sister, eventually going head to head against the Boko Haram’s most dangerous and calculating leader (Jean-Louis).
Eric B. Fleischman of Defiant Studios is producing the project alongside Maurice Fadida of Kodiak Pictures. Executive producers are Mickey Gooch, Jr. and G.D.Guyer of Kodiak, Andre Druskeit of Telepool, and Kewku Mandela.
- 12/12/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
FIlm is being produced by Us outfits Defiant and Kodiak with German company Telepool.
Black Panther actress Sasha Morfaw, Heroes actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, and Veep actress Sufe Bradshaw have wrapped shooting on Maritte Go’s Rise, an English-language thriller about Nigerian terror group Boko Haram.
The film follows an 18 year-old Nigerian princess (Morfaw) who allows herself to be kidnapped by Boko Haram in an attempt to save her younger sister. She eventually goes head-to-head with the group’s dangerous and calculating leader (Jean-Louis). Sydelle Noel (Glow) and Peter Mensah (300) also star. The film shot in Los Angeles and Ghana.
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Black Panther actress Sasha Morfaw, Heroes actor Jimmy Jean-Louis, and Veep actress Sufe Bradshaw have wrapped shooting on Maritte Go’s Rise, an English-language thriller about Nigerian terror group Boko Haram.
The film follows an 18 year-old Nigerian princess (Morfaw) who allows herself to be kidnapped by Boko Haram in an attempt to save her younger sister. She eventually goes head-to-head with the group’s dangerous and calculating leader (Jean-Louis). Sydelle Noel (Glow) and Peter Mensah (300) also star. The film shot in Los Angeles and Ghana.
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- 12/12/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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