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January 15 1970: Untold Memories of the Nigeria - Biafra War

A documentary chronicling deeply personal first hand accounts of the Nigerian Civil War from witnesses to its event.

  • Ed Emeka Keazor
    Director
    Lagos - the birth of a city of style
  • Ed Emeka Keazor
    Writer
  • Muni King-Keazor
    Producer
  • Vice-Admiral Allison Madueke
    Key Cast
  • Colonel Emmanuel Nwobosi
    Key Cast
  • Mazi Elekwachi Ukonu
    Key Cast
    The White Witch Doctor; Panama Sal; Robinson Crusoe
  • Colonel Paul Ogbebor
    Key Cast
  • Dr Paddy Davies
    Key Cast
    The Nigerian Civil War
  • Willie Bruce
    Key Cast
  • Donu Kogbara
    Key Cast
  • Neec Nonso
    Assistant Director
  • Femd Daniel
    Editor
  • Taiwo Omowuni
    Editor
  • Charles Iwanga
    Editor
  • Neec Nonso
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    2 hours 34 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    7,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Nigeria
  • Country of Filming:
    South Korea, Nigeria, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Film House Cinema
    Lagos
    Nigeria
    January 15, 2020
    World Premiere
  • Spotlight Documentary Film Festival
    Atlanta
    United States
    January 4, 2021
    Silver Award
Director Biography - Ed Emeka Keazor

Ezennia Ugonabo Emeka Ed Keazor. is a documentary filmmaker, historian, lawyer, and author. His documentary film works include the critically acclaimed 'January 15, 1970: Untold Memories of the Nigeria - Biafra War’; ‘Company Yaya?!?: Lost African Voices of World War 2’, 'Onunaekwuluora: The Legend of Thurstan Shaw', Lagos: The Birth of a City of Style' amongst others

He is the author of the following critically acclaimed books: The Lagos Hamburg Line: A Brief History of German Commerce in Nigeria (1590 -2016); ‘120 Great Nigerians We Never Knew’, 'The Federation Cup and Nigerian Football'; amongst others.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Legal History Society; the board of directors of Iba Ajie (The Ukpabi Asika Knowledge Resource Centre). He was the consultant historian for the official FGN Centenary Documentary: 'We are Nigerians', and a recipient of an award from the African Society of Cambridge University in 2014, for his work in African History.

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