Ties That Bind (film)

Ties that Bind
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Directed by	Leila Djansi
Written by	Leila Djansi
Produced by	Theodore Baidoo Winrick KolbeJulia Djansi
Starring	Kimberly Elise Omotola Jalade Ekeinde Ama K. Abebrese John Dumelo Ebbe Bassey
Cinematography	Wes Cardino
Edited by	Avril Buekes
Music by	Thomas Vanoosting
Production company	Turning Point Media Productions
Distributed by	Turning Point Pictures
Release date	December 5, 2011 (2011-12-05) (AFRIFF)
Country	Ghana
Language	English
Budget	$2,000,000 (estimated)

Ties that Bind is a 2011 drama film directed by Leila Djansi and starring Kimberly Elise, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Ama K. Abebrese. It was filmed in Ghana. It was nominated in 21 categories at the 2011 Ghana Movie Awards, and won 9 awards. It received 7 nominations at the 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards and eventually won the award for the category Achievement in Screenplay.

Cast

• Kimberly Elise as Theresa Harper
• Ama K. Abebrese as Buki Ocansey
• Omotola Jalade Ekeinde as Adobea Onyomena
• John Dumelo as Lucas Morison
• Ebbe Bassey as Maa Dede
• Kofi Adjorlolo
• Fiifi Coleman as Eddie
• Eddie Nartey
• Khareema Aquiar
• Randall Batinkoff as Dan Dubick
• David Dontoh
• Dave Harper
• Paulina Oduro
• Kofi Middleton Mends
• Fred Amugi
• Okyeame Kwame
• Grace Nortey
• Angel Etse
• Kofi Asamoah
• Khareemar Aguiar
• Ziggy Nettyson

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics, especially for its acting and directing. Nollywood Reinvented gave it a 79% rating and wrote on the transition of the script "It is one thing to write a story, Any story… anyone can do it… once upon a time… and that is the end of my story. But it’s a whole other ball game to construct a story in which every little detail ties together. A story like this is a story in which the characters need not tell us what to feel, you feel it regardless. The story is really sad, and just when you think it can’t possibly get any sadder. It does! It’s an incredibly easy and quick watch… ".