Chidi,
You might be right about the language bin; I enquired from the almost omniscient Alagba Google: The Oscars : what are the rules for foreign language films ? Her answer tallies with yours - with the emphasis on "a predominantly non-English dialogue track" . So, where does that leave the Jahmaicans , the likes of Say Tokyo Kid and the other rabble-rousers who speak other varieties of English at the Owerri Motor Park? Does their jargon qualify as "a predominantly non-English dialogue track"?
On Thursday, 7 November 2019 10:07:43 UTC+1, Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM wrote:
Information has it that the producer filled in as "Foreign Language Film", if so, the Oscar award people are right.
By the way, "Lion Heart" did not go deep enough to showcase the conflicts that arise from such a tremendous shift in tradition it is advocating and how such conflicts were resolved.
Adichie also fell into that in her fiction "Purple Hibiscus", in which the only surviving member of an Igbo family, because of religion refused to bury his father traditionally, the sister had to do it and there were no serious consequences from his kinsmen (Umunna).
Fiction should mirror reality, Achebe's fiction are worthy examples.
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