Spin
Synopsis
Ebenezer her boyfriend could marry her and she would be granted a permanent visa, but he's a deeply religious man who would only marry for love.
Lucky Okoro has just inherited his late father's millions. His close friend and laywer Dele is anxious to help him consolidate his investments, all for just 10% of the total value.
Ruky soon meets Lucky and Dele, and the quest begins to find out what she really wants.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 97 mins
- Format
- Digi Beta
- Director
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Ayo Shonaiya
- Producer
- Ayo Shonaiya, Miriam Shonaiya
- Editor
- Ayo Shonaiya, Timi Adegbite
- Director of Photography
- Timi Adegbite
- Composer
- Ola Onabule, Papa Ken
- Principal cast
- Caroline Chikezie, Chebe Azih, Ayo Shonaiya, Deborah Asante, Femi Houghton, Eric Nwadinobi
- Executive Screen Writers
- Ayo Shonaiya
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Rainmaker 70 Filmworks Contact: Ayo Shonaiya Unit H, 124 Croftdown Road London NW5 1HB Tel: 020 7263 0970 Fax: 020 7263 0970 Rainmaker70@Hotmail.com
Sales Company
As above
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Spin
Director: Ayo Shonaiya
Year: 2000
Ayo Shonaiya launched production outfit Rainmaker 70 Filmworks in 1996 and has been steadily making a name for himself as a film and music video director ever since. Spin is his third feature after 1996's More Blessing and King Of My Country, which spent six months at the top of Nigeria's film charts in 1997. Spin may well top this success and expose his work to a wider British audience - following its UK premiere in London's Rio Cinema it has been selected for the second annual Black Filmmaker Festival, which takes place in London in August.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The film tells the story of Ruky, a Nigerian woman who is facing deportation from Britain unless she can find a way to gain a permanent visa. She could marry boyfriend Ebenezer, but he refuses to marry for anything other than love. Then Ruky meets millionaire Lucky Okoro and his lawyer Dele, and events take a different turn. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Production on the film nearly ground to a halt after the first 10 days, when the actress playing Ruky pulled out. But at the last minute, actress Caroline Chikezie, a contact of one of the crew members and an established actress with credits including Babymother and Virtual Sexuality, stepped into the breach after an impromptu casting meeting in McDonald's in London's King's Cross. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Shonaiya exploited his experience working on music videos to weave a soul and jazz-flavoured soundtrack through the story, with music supplied by Nigerian rapper Papa Ken and UK-based Nigerian soul/jazz singer Ola Onabule.
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