Half a Yellow Sun

Based on the best-selling novel set in 1960s Nigeria, this sweeping drama stars Thandie Newton and Anika Noni Rose as sisters who return to their newly independent homeland and well-to-do family after studying in England. As their divergent life choices drive them apart, the women are drawn back together during the country's bitter civil war in the Biafra region. Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Boyega, and Joseph Mawle co-star. 113 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.