BEVERLY HILLS, May 17, (THEWILL) – The long-anticipated movie, Mamba’s Diamond, the first feature film by Nollywood actor, Williams Uchemba, premiered last weekend at a star studded event. The movie, written by Darlington Abuda and directed by Seyi Babatope, was shot at a real diamond mine in Johannesburg, South Africa.
It is based on the story of two amateur thieves who hatch an unsuccessful plan to steal a car but end up with stolen diamonds worth millions
of US dollars. The diamonds belong to a queen of the underworld and leader of a deadly cult known as the Black Mambas.
This is Uchemba’s first movie production and one that features some of the brightest stars in Nollywood, such as Gabriel Afolayan, Osas Ighodaro, Williams Uchemba himself, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Jimmy Odukoya, Sam Dede, Ejike Asiegbu, Ayo Makun, Nancy Isime and Venita Akpofure. In the movie, Uchemba takes on his familiar comic character alongside Gabriel Afolayan.