{"id":48972,"date":"2012-02-04T11:19:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T11:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/02\/star-trek-producer-rick-berman-rates-ties-that-bind-highly-ahead-of-nigerian-and-uk-premieres\/"},"modified":"2012-02-04T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-04T11:19:54","slug":"star-trek-producer-rick-berman-rates-ties-that-bind-highly-ahead-of-nigerian-and-uk-premieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/02\/04\/star-trek-producer-rick-berman-rates-ties-that-bind-highly-ahead-of-nigerian-and-uk-premieres\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek producer, Rick Berman rates \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 highly ahead of Nigerian and  UK premieres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/666aTies-That-BindE28099.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-9438];player=img;\" title=\"Ties That Bind\u2019\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9439\" title=\"Ties That Bind\u2019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/666aTies-That-BindE28099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>June 1, will see Ghanaian film maker, Leila Djansi\u2019s ensemble drama, \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 open in cinemas across Nigeria. Profiled by Rick Berman, producer of the Star Trek Series for Paramount Pictures as gripping film, Ties That Bind stars Kimberly Elise, Ama K Abebrese, Omotola Ekeinde, John Dumelo,\u00a0 Ebbe Bassey, featuring Randall Batinkoff and David Dontoh. <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a good number of independent films each year and \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 is one of the most gripping movies I\u2019ve screened in a long time,\u201d comments Rick Berman.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 tells the story of Adobea, Buki and Theresa, three women from different walks of life bound together by a similar pain; the loss of a child. In a destined meeting in a small village in Kroboland, the women journey together to redemption, love, life and forgiveness as they renovate a dilapidated clinic for the villagers.<\/p>\n<p>Already making waves across the world, \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 has honorably opened the Africa International Film Festival held in Lagos Nigeria and, the San Diego Black Film festival. In addition, the film will screen for the next couple of months at various film festivals among which are the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles in February, The Women of Color Arts and Film Festival, and the prestigious American Film Institutes\u2019 New African Films Festival in Maryland in March 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ties That Bind\u2019, winner of an unprecedented 9 Ghana Movie Awards to include Best Picture, screened in Ghana to a packed audience and went on record as the first Ghanaian made film to screen for over a month in the cinema circuit. It will be released in Nigeria by the Silverbird Group one of Nigeria\u2019s foremost film bookers.<\/p>\n<p>June is also the month in which \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 will be released across the UK and Ireland via Odeon Cinemas. Meanwhile, Sinking Sands, another award winning film from Turning Point Pictures is currently on worldwide DVD release and goes on DVD in Nigeria March 5th 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" class=\"c5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> June 1, will see Ghanaian film maker, Leila Djansi\u2019s ensemble drama, \u2018Ties That Bind\u2019 open in cinemas across Nigeria. 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