Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Award winner, OC Ukeje again is setting standard as he is set to feature in an historic true life film on Conjestina Achieng; the first female boxer to win an international boxing championship.
Produced by award winning South African actress, Terry Pheto, the movie is expected to ex-ray Conjestina’s meteoric rise to international boxing success and her subsequent struggle with her mental health which ended her career.
Speaking on his involvement on the new project, OC Ukeje said: “I was moved when I heard Conjestina’s story and I said to myself that this is one story I would love to tell. The fact that it’s an international collaboration makes it even better.”
The Conjestina Achieng story is a co-production between Terry Pheto (South Africa), The Polkadot Factory (UK), Rocque Pictures (Kenya) and Story Republic (Nigeria).
The open casting call will take place in Kenya in January 2017.
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