====== Blood and Henna ====== {{ :film::blood_and_henna.jpg?128 }} \\ **Directed by** [[director/Kenneth Gyang]] \\ **Produced by** [[director/Kenneth Gyang]], [[producer/nura akilu]], [[actor/ali nuhu]] \\ **Starring** [[:actor:ali_nuhu|Ali Nuhu]], [[actor/Sadiq Sani Sadiq]], [[actress/Nafisat Abdullahi]], [[actress/Carmen McCain]] \\ **Language** Hausa with English subtitles \\ **Executive Producer** Ibrahim Buba \\ **First Assistant Director** Ikechukwu Omenaihe \\ **Writers** Kenneth Gyang, Nura Akilu \\ **Director of Photography** Ifeanyi Iloduba \\ **Sound** Jonathan Joseph \\ **Editor** [[editor/Abdul-Jabbar Ahmad]] \\ **Production Company** Newage Network \\ **Running time** 105 mins ===== Plot/Overview ===== A film inspired by the 1996 Pfizer Clinical Test in Kano, Nigeria. Nigeria, early 90s. Musa comes back to his village after his shop has been burnt in Lagos as a result of protests surrounding the military’s two-party system. Back home, he re-unites with his two friends, especiallyShehu, a radical reporter on the run from the military’s crackdown on journalists. Musa meets and falls in love with Saude whose father is the richest farmer in the village. Saude gives birth to twins who grow up into real adorable kids until a meningitis outbreak threatens to breakup the family’s happiness… ===== Trailer ===== ===== AlJazeera English: Nigerian Pfizer victims' compensation fears ===== ===== External Links ===== [[http://stratfordeast.com/new-world-nigeria-film-festival|New World Nigeria Film Festival]] [[http://www.ama-awards.com/film/blood-and-henna|Blood and Henna - Africa Movie Academy Awards]] ===== Share this page =====