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Sinking Sands is a film directed by Leila Afua Djansi released in USA on 19 january 2011 with Jimmy Jean-Louis
Sinking Sands (2011)
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Add to a movie listSinking Sands is a 2010 Ghanaian drama film written, produced & directed by Leila Djansi, and starring Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ama Abebrese & Yemi Blaq. The film received 9 nominations and won 3 awards at the 2011 Africa Movie Academy Awards, including the awards for Best Screenplay & Best Makeup.
^ "Films 2011 Ghana Narrative Feature". Pan-African Film Festival. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "Screening - SINKING SANDS". Zimbabwe International Film Festival. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
^ "AMAA Nominees and Winners 2011". African Movie Academy Awards. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
^ "AMAA Nominations 2011". African Movie Academy Award. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "Nudity And Sex Sell — Leila, Ghanaian Actress". Nigerian Tribune (Ibadan, Nigeria). 30 October 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ Bondzi, Jacquiline Afua (10 December 2010). "UNIFEM Ghana endorses "Sinking Sands"". The Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra, Ghana). Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "Sinking Sands Comes To Nigeria". Leadership Newspaper (Abuja, Nigeria: Leadership Newspaper Group Limited). 27 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ "UNIFEM Ghana endorses "Sinking Sands"". The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas, USA). Retrieved 10 March 2011.
^ Bondzi, Jacquiline Afua. "Unifem Ghana Endorses "Sinking Sands"". AllAfrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media). Retrieved 10 March 2011.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a couple, Jimah and Pabi, whose marriage turns into violence and abuse when Jimah becomes disfigured in a domestic accident.Actors
Jimmy Jean-Louis
(Jimah Sanson)
Ama K. Abebrese
(Pabi)
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