AFTER BEING CAST IN A RAMSHACKLE NOLLYWOOD MOVIE...
AN AMERICAN TOURIST IS POSSESSED BY A GHOST IN
THIS CHARMING COMEDY SET IN WEST AFRICA
"PASTOR PAUL"
Street Date: March 13, 2018
DVD SRP: $24.95
Called "The World's First American Nollywood Film," This Engaging Film from First-Time Director Jules David Bartkowski Arrives this March on DVD/Digital HD, Exclusively from IndiePix Films®
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
When a white tourist travels to West Africa, gets cast in a micro-budget version of Hamlet, and is possessed by a ghost anything can and does happen inPASTOR PAUL, a film that multi-hyphenate director/writer/actor Jules David Bartkowski calls "the world's first American Nollywood film."
Benjamin (played by Bartkowski) is a bumbling, geeky mathematician on a mission to discover the hidden formulas in the rhythms of African drumming when he's asked to act in a movie by Kubolor (Wanlov the Kubolor, one half of the Ghanaian hip-hop duo FOKN Bois), a famous Nollywood actor. Somewhat befuddled, Benjamin agrees.
On the set, however, he's stricken with seizures and speaks in tongues, horrifying the crew though inadvertently giving the director exactly what he wanted. Benjamin returns to his research, seeking out drummers in remote villages, until his possession reoccurs and he wakes up the next morning in an abandoned house. With a life that's quickly turned into a real-life Nollywood movie, will he be able to rid himself of this strange spiritual malady in time for the movie premiere?
Filmed in Ghana and Nigeria as a guerilla-style international co-production with the premier avant-garde arts collective in Ghana, Pidgen Unlimited, PASTOR PAUL explores the intersection of New African cinema, Christianity and witchcraft, while lampooning classic images of the white man in Africa.
Jason Coffman of Daily Gridhouse.com says, "everyone on screen looks like they're having a blast, and that good-natured charm makes PASTOR PAUL a standout independent comedy" and an homage to the spirit -- and the spirits -- of Nollywood.
PASTOR PAUL
Running Time: 70 mins.
Rating: N/A
Genre: Comedy/World Cinema
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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