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Okonedo's Skin rules PAFF Film Competition -
21 February 2009
-Sophie Okonedo's new movie Skin has triumphed at the 17th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival Film Competition, scoring two major prizes.-
-The drama, based on the true story of a black woman born to white parents in apartheid South Africa, was awarded the Jury Fav
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The Secret Life of Bees: Sophie Okonedo Interview -
4 December 2008
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-We caught up with the versatile British actress Sophie Okonedo to ask her about her role in The Secret Life of Bees, in which she stars alongside Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson and Paul Bettany. Sophie is probably best know for her Osc
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Sophie Okonedo - filmography
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Skin
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
Director: Anthony Fabian
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A dark-skinned girl born to white South African parent attempts to explore her identity in the era of apartheid as her government, her parents, and society as a whole struggle with what it means to the black child of Caucasian descent in a nation deeply divided by race. The year is 1955. Sandra ..read more »
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68%
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Martian Child
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Amanda Peet
Director: Menno Meyjes
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Based on an award-winning short story by sci-fi luminary David Gerrold, Martian Child sees John Cusack as a recently widowed science fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy he adopts who claims to be from Mars. The new couple ignore some sage ..read more »
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from 7,493 members
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Oliver Twist
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: William Miller, Adam Arnold, Timothy Spall
Director: Coky Giedroyc
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Following the huge success of the BBC's production of Bleak House, BBC Drama Production is set to breathe new life into Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens' much-loved novel.
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70%
from 1,362 member
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Stormbreaker
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone, Ewan McGregor
Director: Geoffrey Sax
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Alex Rider is a 14-year-old orphan who has been unwittingly trained all his life by his uncle with the skills to become a secret agent -- scuba diving, mountaineering, martial arts and so on. When his guardian, an MI6 agent, is killed, Rider learns the truth and finds himself forced against his ..read more »
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60%
from 25,778 members
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Stormbreaker - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Alicia Silverstone, Ewan McGregor
Director: Geoffrey Sax
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Based on the first in the series of Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider novels, STORMBREAKER tells the story of a teenager who is enlisted by MI6 in order to save the world. This action-packed blockbuster features a star-making turn from Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider; a pint-sized super spy to rival James ..read more »
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Scenes Of A Sexual Nature
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Ewan McGregor
Director: Ed Blum
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Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. The film is a comedic and erotically charged look at what makes us tick, and it seems that ..read more »
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52%
from 10,353 members
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Aeon Flux - BLU-RAY Version
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
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Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
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57%
from 808 members
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Aeon Flux - HD DVD Version
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
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Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
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59%
from 60 members
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Aeon Flux
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
Certificate:
Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
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55%
from 30,996 members
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Hotel Rwanda
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte
Director: Terry George
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Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.
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78%
from 76,472 members
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Dirty Pretty Things
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Audrey Tautou, Sergie Lopez
Director: Stephen Frears
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Chiwetel Ejiofor gives a remarkably understated performance in director Stephen Frears's offbeat and gripping drama DIRTY PRETTY THINGS. Ejiofor stars as Okwe, a Nigerian who is trying to make a new life for himself in London, where he works days as a taxi driver and nights as a hotel desk ..read more »
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Peaches
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Matthew Rhys, Kelly Reilly, Justin Salinger
Director: Nick Grosso
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Frank leaves college and wonders what he is going to do with the rest of his life. His unemployed friend challenges him to see who can conquer the most women - the 'peaches' of the title.
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from 122 members
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Young Soul Rebels
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Sophie Okonedo
Director: Isaac Julien
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On an East London housing estate, when a black gay man is murdered, a series of racial, social and sexual tensions are sparked off. Focussing on Chris and Caz, a pair of funky pirate radio DJs, amid the punks and skinheads of their local area, this late 1970s set drama is a colourful, controversial ..read more »
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from 218 members
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Jackanory Junior
on DVD
Starring: Sophie Okonedo, Don Colet
Director: Dominic McDonald
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Episodes include: 'The Woman Who Won things', 'The Last Polar Bears', 'The King Of Capri', 'The Bun Gun', 'The Mousehole Cat', 'Crazy Camelot Capers', 'The Great Tug Of War', 'The Princess And The Unicorn', 'Jack And The Beanstalk', 'Fig's Giant', 'Ellie And The Cat' and 'Bob And The House Of Elves'.
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Dirty Pretty Things 30 March 2008
...njuring up a great on screen chemistry as the two main protagonists, as well as Sophie Okonedo and Sergei Lopez as the hooker Juliette and Senor Juan respectively.
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