Veeda and others to hit Hollywood with 'My American Nurse II' premiere

Tinsel Town will dazzle with glitz and glam when the premiere of the sequel to the hit African movie, ‘American Nurse II’ hits the Silver Screen Theatre of West Hollywood on March 27. The premiere will kick off with Elizabeth ‘LizMani’ Amani (former Miss America Nigeria contestant) interviewing celebrities on the red carpet, and the host for the Premiere would be celebrity BET/HBO comedian Shawn Harris.

The premiere will be a classic Hollywood experience as the cast comprising African King of Comedy, Michael Blackson from BET comedy and Ice Cube’s ‘Barbershop’, Aloma Wright from ‘Scrubs’ and ‘Days Of Our Lives’, Hakeem Kae Kazim, cast member of the Oscar winning movie ‘Hotel Rwanda’ with Don Cheadle and also of the new TV series ‘24’ appear on the red carpet event.

‘My American Nurse II’ was shot in Los Angeles, retaining only 3 of the characters from part one - Pascal Atumi, Vida Darko (Veeda) and Oscar Atuma. In ‘American Nurse I’, a Nigerian man living in the US decides to ‘file papers’ for a woman from his homeland to join him as his wife, little did he know, his ‘American Nurse’ wife was going to clinch to the American culture. Thanks to Hollywood, filmmaker/writer/ producer, Pascal Atuma, audiences can now watch ‘My American Nurse II’ and enjoy the humour and life lessons in it.

‘My American Nurse 2’ is a classic comedy movie that chronicles the experiences of a Nigerian cab driver in Los Angeles, Shehu (Pascal Atuma) who has had less than stellar luck with women. Frustration sets in and Shehu gives up the idea of dating American women and travels home to Nigeria to find himself a wife (Vida Darko). His plan is to find a nurse that he can bring to the U.S. to become certified so that she can make enough money to pull her own weight. His wife, on the other hand, has other plans and proves to be quite a handful for her unsuspecting husband with her newfound American identity. "My American Nurse 2" is a humorous yet serious look at the life of an immigrant in America. Sanga Entertainment, New York is set to mainstream the distribution of the movie again worldwide.

With the rave success of My American Nurse I among Africans among in Canada, USA, UK, Scotland and more, Pascal Atuma who has been described as the Tyler Perry of Africa says, “I feel privileged and very grateful to God almighty for the opportunity to get a chance to do this again, and to be challenged by other people with their own money and resources to beat my own work as I tried to outdo myself. It is a blessing from God, and I think I gave it all that I have, I did my very best, and hopefully, by Gods grace, a lot of people will be entertained and impressed, to God be the glory”.

“This is a must watch African comedy movie that can be watched in homes of any nationality. The cast is awesome and am proud to be part of the sequel”, Veeda who is currently in Ghana repackaging her album and shooting some movies comments. Veeda can be seen in movies like "My American Nurse (I)", "Virginia Is for Lovers", "I Surrender All", "Crossing Path (I)", "Capital Blues", "Hidden Romance" and Quest For Money (Big Brother).