2013 · drama · biafra · war
Half of a Yellow Sun
Directed by Biyi Bandele1h 46m2013
An epic love story: Olanna and Kainene are glamorous twins, living a privileged city life in newly independent 1960s Nigeria. The two women make very different choices of lovers, but rivalry and betrayal must be set aside as their lives are swept up in the turbulence of war.
Our read: Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · biafra · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / biafra, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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