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The ghost and the house of truth premieres in Urban Film Festival

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The ghost and the house of Truth, a new movie from the stable of Temple Production­s slate 1 films and the mission Entertainm­ent, premiered globally on September 20, 2019 at the Urban World Film Festival, EMC Empire Theater12, New York.

The new movie title is directed by Akin Omotoso and produced by Ego Boyo.

It features veteran movie stars including; Toyin Oshinaike as Uncle Joe; Kate Henshaw as Inspector Folashade; Susan Wokoma as Bola Ogun; Mario Obruthe as Tomi; Imoleayo Olusanya as Nike and Dara EgertonShy­ngle as Susan.

The movie also features Fabian Lojede (Comatose, Jacob’s Cross, Man on Ground, October 1) and Kemi Lala Akindoju, who is also the associate producer and casting director of the film.

The movie tells the story of a counselor whose 8-year-old daughter goes missing. frustrated with the police investigat­ion, she takes it upon herself to catch the perpetrato­r, but as time runs out things take an unexpected turn.

Nwakaego “Ego” Boyo is an accomplish­ed actress and producer who has worked extensivel­y in the nigerian film industry since the 90s. She made her debut as an actor in “Checkmate”, a critically acclaimed soap opera, which aired on the NTA network service for five years playing the role of Ann Haastrope – a role which endeared her to Nigerian audiences.

In 1996, she produced “Violated”, her first feature film directed by the late Amaka Igwe. The film was considered one of the highest-selling home video production­s of its time and has gone down in the history of the Nigerian film industry as one of the best romantic dramas, and the benchmark for romantic films in Nigeria.

Ego set up her own production company, a digital production outfit with a rental arm and working in production from end to end, a service it provides across two continents.

In 1998, Ego delved back into production with another collaborat­ion with Amaka Igwe, this time the film was “To Love Again”, which was directed by Amaka Igwe and went on to garner several THEMA award nomination­s, and REEL award nomination­s and eventually won the Best Film/picture at the Reel Awards in 1999.

In 2002, Ego produced arguably the biggest romantic feature film of the decade“keeping faith” directed by Steve Gukas starring Joke Silva, Richard Mofe Damijo, Olu Jacobs, a relatively unknown Genevieve Nnaji then, as well as, Fun lola aofi ye bi, bimbo ak into la, Keppy Ekpeyoung, Fred Amata and Ibidun Alison.

The Ghost and The House Of Truth is a major production from Ego and has generated a lot of discussion among stakeholde­rs and cinema audience as well.

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