The premier last month of the *Diary of Imogen Brown* - a film by Ghallywood/Nollywood actress Nadia Buari has broken the
records of premier turn-outs in Ghana.
In an unprecedented three-city screening of the acclaimed
film - a true story - *The Diary of Imogen Brown* is being hailed as the
most successful film ever to be premiered at sold out venues in Ghallywood's
history.
The first was a double screening (7-9 pm and 10-12pm) held
at the prestigious Accra Conference Centre's 1500 capacity screening room on 23rd December 2013. Statistics: Sold out!
On 24th December at the second venue, the "oil city" of Takoradi, Nadia
Buari's magic broke the unexplained jinx that has for long plagued many
acclaimed productions whose premieres flopped woefully as the viewing public just
couldn't be persuaded. A recent case in point is one of Ghana's biggest
female film makers Shirley Frimpong who had to cancel her premier of
"*Potomanto*" there due to disastrous ticket sales. However, for Buari's Diary of Imogen, the evil spell couldn't hold people back as her two screenings there sold out. The first was
already one-third full before the arrival of Nadia Buari and close
friend Jim Iyke
who also played the lead role in the film. Their presence
instantly gingered-up the crowd that crammed the 1200 capacity Akroma
Plaza.
The third and smallest (but hardly the least) venue was the Golden Tulip in Kumasi
where organisers were completely overwhelmed by the most vibrant crowd of all
on 26th December. This was where many who attended the first screening at 7-9 pm stayed
back for the second at 9-11pm an unheard of occurrence that compelled new
arrivals to watch the film on their feet without even complaining.
The premiering of *The Diary of Imogen Brown* will now move to
Nigeria, Zambia and Canada in no particular order. The film is a true life story themed on the consequences of drug abuse and features Nadia’s brothers Majeed Sidiku Buari and Jameel Buari, as well as Soraya
Mensah, Heba Khaled, Kevin Boateng, Prince Mingles, Beatrice Dadson among
others. It was
written, executive produced and directed by Nadia Buari whose mum Khadija Buari also
co-produced.
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