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Sundance: Oscilloscope Acquires Andrew Dosunmu’s ‘Mother Of George’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 26, 2013 @ 3:46pm PSTTags: Mother Of George, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up

(New York, NY) January 26, 2013-Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it has acquired North American rights to Andrew Dosunmu’s MOTHER OF GEORGE. The film made its world premiere this past week as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition in Sundance, to widespread critical acclaim and enthusiastic audience response.

In the poetic and moving MOTHER OF GEORGE, Adenike (Danai Gurira) weds the charismatic Ayodele (Isaach De Bankolé), the owner of a small Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn. Their traditional wedding culminates in a ceremony where Adenike is named for her yet-to-be-conceived son, George. But as the months pass without pregnancy, Adenike faces uncomfortable and unfamiliar choices in her desperate struggle to save her marriage. The film stars THE WALKING DEAD’s Gurira in the title role and veteran actor De Bankolé as her husband, and co-stars Yaya Alafia and Tony Okungbowa. This is Dosunmu’s second feature, following his critically heralded 2011 debut RESTLESS CITY.
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Sundance: K5 To Sell International For ‘Mother Of George’, ‘Narco Cultura’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 8:00am PSTTags: K5 International, Mother Of George, Narco Cultura, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Wrap-Up
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K5 International has boarded two Sundance titles: Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother Of George, playing in the U.S. Narrative Competition section, and Shaul Schwarz’s Narco Cultura in the U.S. Documentary Competition. The company is handling … Read More »

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