Ben & Ara (2017)

Directed by

Nnegest Likké

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two PhD students meet at a museum and start a romance. One is an African Muslim and the other is agnostic. They discover that their different cultures and religious beliefs create serious challenges for their relationship.

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What happens

Ben & Ara, is a 2015 United States–Cameroon romantic drama film directed by Nnegest Likké and co-produced by Joseph Baird, Constance Ejuma, Q'orianka Kilcher, Matthew Norsworthy and Samone Norsworthy for Nursing Tybalt Productions, Wonder Worthy Productions and N-Vision Pictures. The film revolves around two Ph.D. candidates, one an African Muslim and the other an agnostic, where they begin a romance after meeting at a museum but later discover that a love between different cultures and religions may have consequences. The film stars Joseph Baird and Constance Ejuma in lead roles, with Akuyoe Graham, Q'orianka Kilcher, Michael Chieffo and William Mark McCullough in supporting roles. The film received positive reviews and won several awards as well as screened at international film festivals. It had its premiere in September 2015 at the Miami Independent Film Festival. In 2016, the film won the awards for Best Picture and Best Actress at the Indie Film Festival. Main actress Constance Ejuma won the Best Actress Award at the Nevada Women's Film Festival. In 2016, the film won the award for Best Diaspora film at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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