Chicago, IL February 4, 2009 -- Banana Leaves, a feature film by Nigerian Producer, Director, Lanre Sarumi has been shortlisted to play at the 17th Pan African Film Festival.
Banana leaves was shot on location in Chicago and stars Michael Blackson, "The African King of comedy" ("Next Friday" Ice cube production) in his first role in a horror drama.

Banana leaves is about 3 young adults with a taste for drugs. When a friend of theirs dies as a result of a drug overdose, they decide to quit using dangerous drugs,  and instead use safe ones! The search for a safe drug leads them to "Banana leaves". Unfortunately, banana leaves leads to bizarre hallucinations and they are stuck in a world of ghosts and unknown spirits.

Banana leaves is produced by dwarfGoat LLC. http://www.dwarfgoat.com
A trailer of this compelling horror-drama, can be found at: http://bananaleaves.dwarfgoat.com
Screening times at the Festival is February 10th, 6:15pm and February 12th, 1pm at the Culver Plaza theatre.


Pan African Film Festival is one of the oldest and largest Black film festival in the United States. The festival brings together African inspired films to an 11-day festival in Los Angeles, California. This year's festival host is Blair Underwood. see http://www.paff.org for more information on the festival

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