Maynard Eziashi
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Maynard Eziashi (born 1965 in London, England) is a British/Nigerian actor. In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his starring role in Mister Johnson (1990) alongside Pierce Brosnan. Other films, where Eziashi has played a part, include Twenty-One (1991), Bopha! (1993) and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maynard Eziashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Overview: Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.
Genres: Crime Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-10
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Upon the Edge
Overview: Sheltering beneath the streets of London, the company of a West End play find themselves isolated from their loved ones when a nearby terrorist attack cuts short their final night performance. Minds racing over past anxieties from the run, they contemplate life-and-death decisions within the claustrophobic confines of the theatre basement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-13
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Bopha!
Overview: In this story of a black policeman during South African apartheid, Danny Glover plays the cop, who believes he's trying to help his people, even while serving as a pawn of the racist government. When his son gets involved in the anti-apartheid movement, he finds himself torn between his family and what he believes is his duty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-16
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On the Edge
Overview: Court’s girlfriend Lorna is addicted to drugs. He is desperate to get her off them, but a secret from his past threatens to drive them both over the edge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-14
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Mister Johnson
Overview: In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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Twenty-one
Overview: Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend Bobby, her lover Jack, close friend Baldy, and her father.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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Anansi
Overview: The story of an adventurous odyssey experienced by a group of West Africans to build a new life in Germany.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-23
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Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Overview: A hit man who wants out of the business is targeted by old colleagues.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-07
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Bad Boy Blues
Overview: Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-01
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Colour Me Kubrick
Overview: The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-06
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Janice Beard 45 WPM
Overview: Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding secrets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-29
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When Brendan Met Trudy
Overview: Brendan is an earnest, introverted schoolteacher who, aside from his participation in the local choir, has only one passion in his life -- the movies. That is until he meets Trudy, a woman who is gregarious and adventurous beyond his imagination. His entire persona changes as he becomes enveloped in her carefree and sometimes dangerous world.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-14
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Hallelujah Anyhow
Overview: When Adlyn, a woman preacher at a Gospel Church in London, meets and falls in love again with her old childhood sweetheart, she is forced to make an agonising choice between her faith and family and her heart.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-27
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A Good Man in Africa
Overview: Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes himself useful to his boss, the snobbish Arthur Fanshawe, who has no clue about what's going on around him, but who wants to use his secretary to carry on his dirty work, which involves getting one of the most powerful men in the country to do business with his country.The young secretary has an eye for beautiful women around him, especially Hazel, a native beauty, with whom he is having an affair. Things get complicated because Sam Adekunle, a man running for president of the country, wants a favor from Leafy in return after he has accepted the invitation to visit London. The proposition involves swaying a prominent doctor's opposition to a plan that will make Adenkule filthy rich.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-14
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National Theatre Live: Barber Shop Chronicles
Overview: For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. These are places where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. Follow along as we leap from a barber shop in Peckham to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra over the course of a single day.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-09
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The Contract
Overview: Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-05
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The Changeling
Overview: Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes that she has met her one true love. To marry the man she loves, she persuades the love-struck henchman De Flores to murder her fiance, but does not anticipate the tragic consequences of her actions.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-11
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