All is now set for Fatimah Adeoye’s first movie ‘Aliyah’ premiere which comes up March 21st at the National Theatre in Accra, Ghana. Fatimah, who is born of a Nigerian father from Ogbomosho and a Ghanaian mother decided to shoot her own movie because she believes she has a great knack for organisation and the talent for story-telling. “One day I was driving around town with my friends and got talking about what we would do after our National Service. Then I said I was not ready to work for anyone. I told them I wanted to do my own business and one of them asked what kind of business and I told them movie production. After that, we all started talking about different stories and I got the story for Aliyah from some of them and added a true life dimension to the story . Three of us,
Kennedy Ababio, myself and Femi Branch actually wrote the script” she says of how she got the inspiration to write ‘Aliyah’ The movie has as lead characters Prince David Osei, Chichi Neblet and Fatima Adeoye as ‘Aliyah’. According to Fatimah, the story captures how a fortune of a family could change drastically with the death of the parents. The story is centred around two sisters and a brother and what they had to go through to make it in life. ‘Aliyah’ eventually turns an assassin working for a kingpin called Kartel, played by David Osei. Fatimah has made her mark as a producer after appearing in just four films as an actress. Ghana-based Fatimah says her next movie will be shot in Nigeria. “I spend most vacations in Nigeria and this is my first production I am doing in Ghana. I am planning to shoot my next movie in Nigeria and I will be premiering the movie ‘Aliyah’ in Nigeria too next month” she says.
