{"id":489545,"date":"2011-10-12T16:54:49","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/10\/12\/%e2%80%98sinking-sands%e2%80%99-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/"},"modified":"2011-10-12T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T16:54:49","slug":"sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Sinking-Sands-nigeria.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-7209];player=img;\" title=\"Sinking Sands nigeria\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7210\" title=\"Sinking Sands nigeria\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Leila Djansi\u2019s award-winning film about domestic violence, \u2018Sinking Sands,\u2019 will finally get its Nigerian showing in cinemas across Abuja, Nigeria and Port Harcourt from October 14. \u00a0The movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Yemi Blaq, Akosua Agyepong, Doris Sakitey, and Ama K. Abebrese is a psycho-drama that tells the story of a couple, Jimah\u00a0 and Pabi in a loving marriage which turns into one of violence and abuse when Jimah becomes disfigured in a domestic accident.<span id=\"more-7209\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian actor , Yemi Blaq who just finished shooting \u2018When Love Dies\u2019 with Earnest Obi is yet to see his portrayal of Dr Zach in \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 but says he expects it to be nothing short of the great reviews that it has been receiving from critics all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c I had no doubt the movie was going to be a success, the script had me wowed, the directing ability of Leila Djansi is nothing to suck your teeth at and the professionalism of the crew in Ghana was exceptional. All these ingredients are nothing if not the recipe for success,\u201d comments Yemi.<\/p>\n<p>He also added that his schedule at the moment is quite tight but he would make sure that he creates space to attend one of the screenings in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Writer\/director\/producer of \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019, Leila Djansi expects a successful showing in Nigeria. She comments: \u201cI love Nigerians because I\u2019ve come to know they are a people who are very supportive of anything good so I am confident \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 will find a home in Nigeria and help the cause of saying NO to violence against women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 will show in the following cinemas from October 14:<\/p>\n<p>Lagos &#8212; Silverbird Cinemas<\/p>\n<p>Lagos &#8212; Genesis Deluxe Cinemas<\/p>\n<p>Abuja &#8212; Silverbird Cinemas<\/p>\n<p>Abuja &#8212; Silverbird Cinemas Ceddi Plaza<\/p>\n<p>Port Harcourt &#8212; Silverbird Showtime Cinemas<\/p>\n<p>Port Harcourt- I-Cinema<\/p>\n<p>Yaba: Ozone Cinema<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3ad8001apixel.png.jpg\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" class=\"c3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/2011\/10\/12\/\u2018sinking-sands\u2019-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed\" title=\"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Leila Djansi\u2019s award-winning film about domestic violence, \u2018Sinking Sands,\u2019 will finally get its Nigerian showing in cinemas across Abuja, Nigeria and Port Harcourt from October 14. \u00a0The movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Yemi Blaq, Akosua Agyepong, Doris Sakitey, and Ama K. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Leila Djansi\u2019s award-winning film about domestic violence, \u2018Sinking Sands,\u2019 will finally get its Nigerian showing in cinemas across Abuja, Nigeria and Port Harcourt from October 14. \u00a0The movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Yemi Blaq, Akosua Agyepong, Doris Sakitey, and Ama K.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-12T16:54:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\",\"name\":\"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-12T16:54:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Leila Djansi\u2019s award-winning film about domestic violence, \u2018Sinking Sands,\u2019 will finally get its Nigerian showing in cinemas across Abuja, Nigeria and Port Harcourt from October 14. \u00a0The movie starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Yemi Blaq, Akosua Agyepong, Doris Sakitey, and Ama K.","twitter_image":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14","datePublished":"2011-10-12T16:54:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/","name":"\u2018Sinking Sands\u2019 opens in Nigerian Cinemas from October 14 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2011-10-12T16:54:49+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/10\/12\/sinking-sands-opens-in-nigerian-cinemas-from-october-14\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2981e488ria-192x300.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}