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''Anchor Baby'' is a Nigerian
thriller drama In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
film written, directed and produced by
Lonzo Nzekwe Lonzo Nzekwe is a Nigerian-Canadian filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. He creates transnational Nigerian content, including Anchor Baby, his 2010 debut film which premiered at the 2010 Harlem International Film Festival and won the Best Film aw ...
and starring
Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), ''Anchor Baby (fil ...
,
Sam Sarpong Samuel Osei Sarpong Jr. (19 December 1974 – 26 October 2015) was a British-born American actor, model, and musician. He performed in over sixty feature films and fifty-five television shows, including such films as ''Carmen The Hip Hopera'', ' ...
and Terri Oliver. At the 2010
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in New York, the film won the award for ''Best Film'' and
Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), ''Anchor Baby (fil ...
, the protagonist of the film, was awarded the ''Best Actress'' award. The film received two nominations at the
7th Africa Movie Academy Awards The 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremony was held on 27 March 2011 at the Gloryland Cultural Center in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, to honor the best African films of 2010. The nomination ceremony was held at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairob ...
.


Plot

A married
Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...
couple, Joyce and Paul Unanga, living illegally in the
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, has been ordered to leave the country by U.S. immigration. They decide that they will leave, but only after Joyce, who is five months pregnant, delivers her baby in the United States to
guarantee A guarantee is a form of transaction in which one person, to obtain some trust, confidence or credit for another, agrees to be answerable for them. It may also designate a treaty through which claims, rights or possessions are secured. It is to ...
automatic U.S. citizenship for their child. Thus, ignoring the
deportation Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people by a state from its sovereign territory. The actual definition changes depending on the place and context, and it also changes over time. A person who has been deported or is under sen ...
order, the couple goes into hiding. When Paul is caught and deported, leaving Joyce to fend for herself, she struggles on her own to survive.
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keeps getting in the way of Joyce achieving her goal and just as she is about to give up hope, she meets Susan, a married
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writer who offers to help in the form of safe, free accommodation until the baby is born. With the help of her newfound friend, Joyce sets out to make the '
American Dream The "American Dream" is a phrase referring to a purported national ethos of the United States: that every person has the freedom and opportunity to succeed and attain a better life. The phrase was popularized by James Truslow Adams during the ...
' come true for her unborn child.


Cast

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Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli (born 22 April 1978) is a Nigerian actress, scriptwriter, film director, producer and digital filmmaker. She studied at the New York Film Academy and has written several screenplays, including The Figurine (2009), ''Anchor Baby (fil ...
as Joyce Unanga *
Sam Sarpong Samuel Osei Sarpong Jr. (19 December 1974 – 26 October 2015) was a British-born American actor, model, and musician. He performed in over sixty feature films and fifty-five television shows, including such films as ''Carmen The Hip Hopera'', ' ...
as Paul Unanga * Terri Oliver as Susan Backley * Santiago Lopera as Joey * Mark Cassius as Attorney John * Steve Rankine as Landlord * Colin Paradine as Tim * Rachael Ancheril as ICE Agent Labinsky * Carl Bauer as Immigration Escort * Cyrus Faird as Rosario


See also

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List of Nigerian films of 2010 This is a list of Nigerian films released in 2010. Films See also *List of Nigerian films References External links2010 filmsat the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Nigerian Films Of 2010 2010 Lists of 2010 films by country Fil ...


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External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anchor Baby 2010 films English-language Nigerian films 2010 thriller films Films about illegal immigration to the United States Films shot in Ontario Foreign films set in the United States Nigerian thriller films 2010 drama films 2010s English-language films English-language thriller films