Run Baby Run (film)

Run Baby Run
Directed by Emmanuel Apea
Screenplay by John Apea[1][2]
Starring John Apea
Evelyn Addo
Fred Johnson
Collins Agyeman Sarpong
Kofi Bucknor
Release date(s) February 9, 2006 (2006-02-09) (Ghana)[3]
Running time 128 min
Country Ghana
Language English

Run Baby Run is a Ghanaian action film directed by Emmanuel Apea and starring John Apea. The film received 8 nominations and won 4 awards at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.[4][5][6][7]

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Cast

Plot

Enoch Sarpong Jr., a Ghanaian student living in the UK, is visited by his little sister from Ghana, who had mistakenly picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport. The suitcase contains a huge amount of cocaine. Enoch decides to sell the drugs, however the real owners of the drugs soon meet up with him, chasing him all across the UK and Ghana.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Student’s film wins four African Oscars". Nouse (York, UK: Nouse). http://www.nouse.co.uk/2008/10/14/student%E2%80%99s-film-wins-four-african-oscars/. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  2. ^ "Home Sweet Home...The show you can't get enough of". The Statesman (Accra, Ghana). http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=6&newsid=523. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "Run Baby Run premiers in Accra". The Statesman (Accra Ghana). http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?section=12&newsid=2470. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  4. ^ Ogbu, Rachel (5 May 2008). "Abuja's Night Of Excellence". Newswatch (Lagos, Nigeria). http://www.newswatchngr.com/editorial/allaccess/bob/bob09.htm. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  5. ^ "The new international movie from Revele Films: Run Baby Run". The Statesman (Accra, Ghana). 9 June 2006. http://www.thestatesmanonline.com/pages/news_detail.php?newsid=418&section=6. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  6. ^ Orivri, Hope Afoke (20 March 2009). "AMAA '09: Ghana prompts Nollywood". Nigerian Compass Newspaper (Ogun State, Nigeria). http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13253:amaa-09-ghana-prompts-nollywood&catid=54:arts&Itemid=694. Retrieved 21 February 2011. 
  7. ^ Bondzi, Jacquiline Afua (16 February 2007). "'Run Baby Run' a Must-See Movie". AllAfrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media). http://allafrica.com/stories/200702160794.html. Retrieved 21 February 2011.