Mortal Inheritance
{{Short description|1996 film}}
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mortal Inheritance
| image = File:Movie screenshot of Mortal Inheritance.jpg
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| director = Andy Amenechi
| producer = Zeb Ejiro
| writer = Bond Emeruwa, Andy Amenechi
| starring = Fred Amata, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Kunle Bamtefa
| music = Abay Esho
| editing =
| cinematography =
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| released = {{Film date|1996}}
| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = Nigeria
| language = English
| budget =
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Mortal Inheritance is a Nigerian film produced by Zeb Ejiro, directed by Andy Amenechi and written by Bond Emeruwa.{{cite web|url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_3865453&|title=Mortal inheritance (1996)|accessdate=2016-04-02|date=|work=Penn libraries, VCat: Video Catalog}}
Plot
Mortal Inheritance is a romantic drama about a woman dealing with sickle-cell anaemia. The plot also delves into cultural resistance to inter-ethnic marriages in Nigeria. The protagonist of the story is Kemi, a Yoruba lady with sickle cell anemia, the part was played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. She beats the odds of dying young as a sickle cell patient and upon reaching adulthood, falls in love with Chike, an Igbo man. When she realised that Chike has the AS genotype or sickle cell trait, she ends the relationship.Onwumechili, Chuka, and Ndolo, Ikechukwu, eds. Re-imagining Development Communication in Africa. Blue Ridge Summit, US: Lexington Books, 2012. P. 126
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1525414|Mortal Inheritance}}
- [https://reelillustrated.blogspot.com/2017/03/classic-reel-thursday-mortal-inheritance.html Mortal Inheritance at Reel Illustrated]
Category:Nigerian romantic drama films
Category:English-language Nigerian films
Category:1990s English-language films
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