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The Ghost and The House Of Truth
Directed byAkin Omotoso
Produced byEgo Boyo
StarringToyin Oshinaike, Kate Henshaw, Susan Wokoma, Mario Obruthe, Imoleayo Olusanya and Dara Egerton-Shyngle
Production
companies
Temple Productions Slate 1 Films and The Mission Entertainment
Release date
2019
CountryNigeria
LanguageEnglish

The Ghost and the House of Truth is a Nigerian movie released in 2019 and produced by Ego Boyo.[1] It was directed by Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award and Africa Movie Academy Award Winner, Akin Omotoso.[2][3] It was released under the production studios' of Temple Productions Slate,1 Films, and The Mission entertainment.[4]

The movie stars Toyin Oshinaike, Kate Henshaw, Susan Wokoma, Mario Obruthe,  Imoleayo Olusanya and Dara Egerton-Shyngle.[1][5] The movie depicts the criminally less-discussed effect of missing children and the dangers they are exposed to.[6]

Synopsis

The Ghost and the House of Truth gives a narrative of Bola Ogun (Susan Wokoma), a counselor in Nigeria, West Africa. She's a single mother with a daughter named Nike. Her occupation involves advising people to let go of past occurrences or events that might have caused damages or affected the patient negatively and live for the present and future.[7] However, she was put to the test and became a victim herself when her daughter Nike goes missing and is believed to have been murdered leading to a series of unpleasant events and days of suffering for this counselor who must now work hand in hand with the Local Police to bring her daughter back home.[8]

Cast

•Kate Henshaw.

•Susan Wokoma.

•Kemi Lala Akindoju.

•Ijeoma Grace Agu.

•Gloria Young.

•Tope Tedela. 

•Ṣeun Ajayi,.

•Fabian Adeoye.

•Toyin Oshinaike.

•Imoleayo Olusanya.

Reception

The film was the official closing film for The Africa International Film Festival where it premiered. It opened FilmAfrica in London.[9][5][10]

Premiere

Globally, the movie was first premiered on September 20, 2019 at the Urban World Film Festival, EMC Empire Theater 12, New York, United States of America.[11] Regionally, it was on  November 15, 2019 at the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) [12] The movie was screened nationwide on the 22 of November 2019.  [12] A year after,  the movie was premiered by Showmax[12]

Awards and nominations

The Ghost and the House of Truth got three awards at the 2019 annual Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in three different categories which are; Best Director, Best Actress and Best Nigerian Film.[13][14]

Best World Film at UrbanWorld, New York

Best Nigerian Film[15]

Best Actress (Kate Henshaw)

Best Director (Akin Omotoso)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ego Boyo Takes The Ghost And The House Of Truth To Urban Film Festival". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  2. ^ Rapheal (2020-11-20). "The Ghost and the House of Truth debuts on Showmax". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. ^ a b "Big win for Omotoso's The Ghost and The House of Truth at AFRIFF". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  4. ^ "The Ghost and the House of Truth – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  5. ^ a b "Kate Henshaw plays inspector in Ego Boyo's 'The Ghost and House of Truth'". TheCable Lifestyle. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. ^ Okiche, Wilfred; Okiche, Wilfred (2019-12-08). "The quiet, devastating power of Akin Omotoso's The Ghost and the House of Truth". YNaija. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  7. ^ "Synopsis of The Ghost and the House".
  8. ^ "Synopsis of The Ghost and the House. Second reference".
  9. ^ BellaNaija.com (2019-10-18). "Award Winning Movie 'The Ghost & the House of Truth' announced as the Official Closing Film for this Year's AFRIFF". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  10. ^ Oke, Tolu (2020-11-12). "Akin Omotoso's The Ghost and the House of Truth comes to Showmax". The Culture Custodian (Est. 2014.). Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  11. ^ "Ego Boyo Takes The Ghost And The House Of Truth To Urban Film Festival". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  12. ^ a b c "Kate Henshaw plays inspector in Ego Boyo's 'The Ghost and House of Truth'". TheCable Lifestyle. 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  13. ^ "See how our favourite celebs stepped out for AFRIFF 2019". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  14. ^ Rapheal (2020-11-20). "The Ghost and the House of Truth debuts on Showmax". The Sun Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
  15. ^ "The Ghost and the house wins three (3) awards".
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