Photos: Abraham Attah meets Vice Prez. Amissah Arthur

Actor Abraham Attah was at the Flagstaff House Friday afternoon at the invitation of the Vice President of Ghana, His Excellency Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.  Attah presented his 2016 Spirit Awards ‘Best Male Lead’ award to Mr. Amissah Arthur.

The ‘Beasts of No Nation’ actor arrived in Ghana this morning after about a week stay in the United States of America. He attended the 2016 Oscars where he presented the ‘Best Action Live Short Film’ award.

Attah was met on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport by a team of MK Casting led by Mawuko Kuadzi, members of the press and a large number of people, presumably fans who were excited to see him.

Photos of the meeting below.

Abraham Attah has won three major awards so far including  MarcelloMastroianni Award for Best Young Actor at Venice Film Festival 2015 and ‘Rising Star Award’ at the Black Fim Critics Circle (BFCC). The award scheme called Attah’s role as “one of the strongest and most phenomenal we have ever seen” and added that he had “a very bright future ahead of him”.

He played the lead role of Agu, who when civil war tears his family apart, is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters and transformed into a child soldier.

Based on the 2005 novel of the same title by Uzodinma Iweala, the movie was shoot in Ghana and also stars Ama K. Abebrese, Fred Amugi and Grace Nortey. It was directed by Emmy Award-winning Cary Fukunaga, and the first fictional feature produced and distributed by Streaming Service Netflix.

The movie was premiered in Ghana last year. Before that, it premiered on Netflix and in selected Theaters in The United States of America on October 16.

It was screened at number of prestigious film festivals including Venice, BFI London and Toronto International Film Festival.

Source: livefmghana.com

Photos: Abraham Attah meets Vice Prez. Amissah Arthur