‘ANCHOR BABY’ BAGS TWO AWARDS IN NEW YORK CITY

...Omoni Oboli Best Actress, 'Anchor baby' Best Film, Harlem International Film Festival in New York City.

Shot in Brampton and Hamilton, Ontario Canada, 'Anchor Baby' the film that had its producer Lonzo Nzekwe chosen by the Reel World Film Festival as one of the 20 emerging film makers in Canada now bags two awards from the Harlem International Film Festival in New York City.

Harlem International Film Festival has had the honor of programming five years of diverse, quality films and gave 'Anchor Baby' its first award as the best film of the year and ace actress Omoni Oboli was pronounced the best actress for her roles in 'Anchor Baby'.

A film that had Caucasian, Hispanic, Asian and African characters playing major parts, 'Anchor Baby' tells the tale of a married illegal immigrant couple living in the US, Joyce and Paul Unanga. They have been ordered by the US immigration to leave the country by voluntary departure. They agree to leave; but only after Joyce who is 5months pregnant delivers her baby inside the US. This will guarantee automatic citizenship for their child. Ignoring the deportation order, the couple goes into hiding. Paul was later caught and deported while Joyce stayed back to struggle on her own to achieve their dream. The love, hope, pain and struggle that came with this decision is bound to stir up some emotion in you.

Speaking on why he chose Omoni Oboli for the lead role the producer Lonzo Nweke said 'That decision is one of the best decisions I made in the earlier stages of production. When I wrote the script, I wanted someone who could transform the script and bring it to life. I hired a professional casting director to audition all the actors I used in the movie. I sat through all the auditions and hand picked every single character in the movie. When I watched a few of Omoni's movies, I was convinced that she has the ability to transform the script. Plus, I did a brief background check on her and spoke to her extensively on the phone to know more about her, that's when I decided she was the one'

Set to hit the Nigerian Cinemas soon 'Anchor Baby' had almost 40 actors with speaking roles and about 60 extras. The frontline actors in the film are Omoni Oboli, Sam Sarpong, Terri Oliver, Colin Paradine, Michael Scratch, Mark Cassius, Rachael Ancheril, Cyrus Faird, Santiago Lopera, and Chris Patterson.

Visit www.anchorbabymovie.com for details of the film

OMOLI OBOLI 1	ANCHOR-BABY-POSTER-MATT-MERGED-MEDIUM
JOYCE-AND-TIM1	LONZO-PHOTO-FULL[1]
ACHOR BABY CAST MEMBERS ZACH CONNOR AND RACHAEL ANCHERI	ANCHOR BABY ACTOR SANTIAGO LOPERA AND OMONI
ANCHOR BABY ACTRESS LACY BENEDETTI AND HER MOM,AND OMONI OBOLI	ANCHOR BABY DOP RICARDO DIAZ, DIRECTOR LONZO NZEKWE, COSTUME DESIGNER JULIANNA CLARKE AND MAKEUP ARTIST ROXANNE DENOBREGA
ANCHOR BABY WRITERDIRECTORPRODUCER LONZO NZEKWE	ANCHORBABY POSTER
AUDRA COLE, LONZO NZEKWE, OMONI OBOLI, SAM SARPONG AND SANTIAGO LOPERA	BEN BESSONG AND LONZO NZEKWE
BLESSING NZEKWE AND LONZO NZEKWE	CHIDEZ AMADI AND LONZO NZEKWE
DOUG NELSON AND LONZO NZEKWE	EARL MONCRIEF, IK AMADI, LONZO NZEKWE AND SEAN BAILLIE
GIFTY ROBINSON AND OMONI OBOLI	GUESTS AT THE SCREENING
LONZO NZEKWE AND EARL MONCRIEF	LONZO NZEKWE AND RACHAEL ANCHERIL
MARC MILLIARD AND JULIANNA CLARKE	MICHAEL SCRATCH, HEATHER WENMAN AND LONZO NZEKWE
OLEG MORGAN, LONZO NZEKWE AND NICK DUDAR	OMONI OBOLI AND A FAN
OMONI OBOLI AND LONZO NZEKWE	OMONI OBOLI AND ROXANNE DENOBREGA
RACHAEL ANCHERIL AND JULIANNA CLARKE	SAM SARPONG
SAM SARPONG AND LONZO NZEKWE	SAM SARPONG, OMONI OBOLI AND LONZO
SANTIAGO LOPERA, LONZO NZEKWE, OMONI OBOLI, COLIN PARADINE, SAM SARPONG AND MICHAEL SCRATCH	SOUND DESIGNERS ADRIAN JONES, NICK DUDAR AND COMPOSER SEAN BAILLIE