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Run Baby Run (2006 film)

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Run Baby Run
Directed byEmmanuel Apea
Screenplay byJohn Apea[2][3]
StarringJohn Apea
Evelyn Addo
Fred Johnson
Collins Agyeman Sarpong
Kofi Bucknor
Release date
  • February 9, 2006 (2006-02-09) (Ghana)
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Running time
128 min
CountryGhana
LanguageEnglish

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 Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2008, including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.[4][5][6][7]

Plot

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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.[1]

Cast

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  • John Apea - Enoch Sarpong Jr.
  • Evelyn Addo - Nina Sarpong
  • Fred Johnson - Gator
  • Collins Agyeman Sarpong - Cephas
  • Kofi Bucknor - Topp Dogg
  • Kojo Dadson - Enoch Sarpong Snr
  • Canelle Hoppe - Naila
  • Nicola Preece - Heather
  • Ernest Grant - Taxi Driver
  • Efe Ideh - Sparkie
  • Fred Joho - Wemba

References

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  1. ^ a b "Run Baby Run premiers in Accra". The Statesman. Accra Ghana. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Student's film wins four African Oscars". Nouse. York, UK: Nouse. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Home Sweet Home...The show you can't get enough of". The Statesman. Accra, Ghana. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  4. ^ "AMAA 2008 Winners". Africa Movie Academy Awards. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  5. ^ Ogbu, Rachel (5 May 2008). "Abuja's Night Of Excellence". Newswatch. Lagos, Nigeria. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  6. ^ "The new international movie from Revele Films: Run Baby Run". The Statesman. Accra, Ghana. 9 June 2006. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  7. ^ Bondzi, Jacquiline Afua (16 February 2007). "'Run Baby Run' a Must-See Movie". AllAfrica.com. AllAfrica Global Media. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
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