Lionsgate Acquires First Nigerian Film, While Allison Mack Faces Sentencing In Sex-Slave Case


Lionsgate has acquired the rights to release the sequel to the award-winning Nollywood film “A Soldier’s Story,” titled “A Soldier’s Story: Return From The Dead”.

Meanwhile, the African Union, in partnership with the International Committee of the All African Music Awards, AFRIMA, has formally unveiled the calendar of events for the upcoming 2021 edition of the awards ceremony at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Also, American actress Allison Mack, who played a key role in a scandal-ridden, cult upstate New York group, is facing sentencing today after pleading guilty to charges she manipulated women into becoming sex slaves for Keith Raniere, convicted sex trafficker and the founder of a multi-level marketing company and cult that ran between 1998 and 2018.

Watch this Entertainment segment for more…

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