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Ties That Bind is a film of genre Drama directed by Leila Afua Djansi released in USA on 3 december 2011 with Kimberly Elise

Ties That Bind (2011)

Ties That Bind
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Released in USA 3 december 2011
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Genres Drama
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Ties that Bind is a 2011 drama film directed by Leila Djansi, starring Kimberly Elise, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Ama K. Abebrese. It was filmed in Ghana. It received 7 nominations at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards and eventually won the award for the category Achievement in Screenplay.

Actors

Kimberly Elise

(Theresa Harper)Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

(Adobea Onyomena)Ama K. Abebrese

(Buki Ocansey)Randall Batinkoff

(Dan Dubick)John Dumelo

(Lucas Morison)
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