Movie on failed marriage premieres at Silicon Valley African Film Festival

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September 30, 2017 12:30 PM

The premiere follows earlier screening at the Cannes Film Festival and the Durban International Film Festival earlier in the year 2017.

"Potato Potahto", a movie starring Joke Silva, OC Ukeje, Lala Akindoju, Joselyn Dumas has premiered at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in the United States of America.

The cine fest which is in its eighth year is to run between Friday, September 29, 2017, to Sunday, October 1, 2017, at the Hoover Theatre, San Diego, California.

Already, the romantic comedy debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and the Durban International Film Festival held in May and July 2017, respectively.

The flick focuses on a train of hilarious proceedings between two ex-couple who decided to live together in their matrimonial home after divorce. This introduced a series of awkward situations facilitated by their failed bid to assert themselves on each other.

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Ghanaian film maker, Shirley Frimpong-Manso wrote and directed the movie which has seen a good amount of nods from movie lovers. It is one of the latest submission from Africa which has seen a skyward appreciation of its film releases in recent times.

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