Dr. Bello Premieres in New York & London

The much anticipated Dr. Bello, one of the biggest and most star studded Nollywood/Hollywood movie so far, by Tony Abulu. It stars the following Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Vivica A. Fox, Rachel Oniga, Isaiah Washington, Femi Brainard, Olumide Bakare, & Jimmy Jean-Louis. 

It premieres on Friday, November 23 & 30, 2012 at the African Diaspora International Film Festival 2012, Peter Jay Sharp Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, 95th Street, New York 10025-6900, USA. While in the UK, it is at the Odeon Cinema, Bugsby Way, Greenwich, SE 10. 

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Movie Synopsis

Brilliant cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant is emotionally troubled, wrestling with the traumatic loss of his 10year old daughter from cancer. Immersing himself in his work from the hospital, away from his wife who blames him for their child’s death, he forms an unlikely bond with a sick, loving, but rambunctious seven year old boy Sam, the son of a rich Jewish couple who are major contributors to the hospital’s cancer research fund.

Unfortunately, Sam’s health deteriorates drastically, and soon, he slips into a coma, with only a few days to live. Dr. Durant becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child’s life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertifiedNigerian Doctor, known in Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker.

Dr. Bello, an introvert with a controversial past, secretly visits the child at night and administers a strange African potion, replete with incantations and by the next morning, miraculously, the child begins to recover, the cancer speeding into remission.

The hospital medical board immediately orders an investigation and soon the secret is revealed and Dr. Durant is suspended. Dr. Bello is arrested and charged with medical malpractices. Dr. Durant soon falls into depression after his wife leaves him. Meanwhile, Dr. Bello has fallen critically I’ll in jail and can only be saved by the ingestion of that same potion that can only be found in the mysterious “garden of life” nestled on the peak of Nigeria”s sky mountains.

After a successful premiere at the Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts in Washington DC, USA, the movie will finally berth in Lagos in November

So, I'm not going to say much about this movie now until I actually, see it because my expectation was almost...cut off when I saw the trailer after all the hype. 

See you after the show.