Badamasi
Sign in to saveBadamasi: Portrait of a General is a biopic film about former Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). It was directed by Obi Emelonye and stars Enyinna Nwigwe in the lead role as Babangida. It is the first Nollywood political biopic.
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0.0A flawed Army General attempts to guide an impossible African country through a viciously strained era in this first of its kind, authorised biopic, based on real events.
Released: 2021-06-12135 minDir: Obi EmelonyeHistory
Cast
- Tony Aclet
- Chris Ada
- Nnamdi Agbo
- Julius Agwu
- Abduljabir Ajimi
- Abole Obakwo Ajimi
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Key dates
- Published
- 12 June 2021
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Author
- Obi Emelonye
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Ibrahim Babangida
- Director
- Obi Emelonye
- Screenwriter
- Obi Emelonye
- Cast member
- Kalu Ikeagwu
- Narrative location
- Nigeria
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Badamasi: Portrait of a General is a biopic film about former Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB). It was directed by Obi Emelonye and stars Enyinna Nwigwe in the lead role as Babangida. It is the first Nollywood political biopic.
==Plot== Badamasi tells the story of Babangida from his origin in the village of Wushishi in Northern Nigeria to his joining the army and time as a Nigerian military head of state. It also portrays significant events in Babangida's life including the period of the Nigerian civil war where Babangida sustains injuries in an attempt to rescue a colleague. The subsequent military coups and annulment of the June 1993 presidential elections were also portrayed.