First episode of
actress Yvonne Nelson’s upcoming series; Heels & Sneakers will be released
for the public at a special screening ceremony on Friday, June 24 at the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra.
After that it will
start showing on a yet to be announce Ghanaian TV channel.
Friday’s red carpet ceremony
would among other activities be used to present the entire cast of the series
for media interaction and also announce the TV platform that will show the
series.
Heels &
Sneakers is Yvonne’s YN production’s first series to grace the silver-screens
years after producing feature-films.
It features a lot
of new faces who put up sterling performances on the set, according to Yvonne
Nelson.
HEELS &
SNEAKERS is a drama series that unlike all the other series on TV, encompasses
every aspect of society. As the story unfolds viewers will get to meet Pinto
who traveled to Jamaica and got involved in drugs so had to run back home to
seek refuge, and the only work he could do here is to sell vegetables to homes
and restaurants; something he does riding a bicycle.
This makes him well known in the community and
as such prone to the repudiation from society because of his Rastafarian
lifestyle. Apart from being into the vegetable business, Pinto, our lead
character, also does music and hopes to climb back the ladder of success not
through drug deals but through music. But the question of whether or not he
will succeed is why people must watch this series.
Nana, Trish and
Celine are all independent women of the working class in society but find one
thing in common, which is their inability to find a life partner.
Their lives
empathize with the working class women who in spite of their glamour and
accomplishments cannot find husbands and so fall in the hands of wrong suitors,
who either dupe them or meddle with their hearts.
Celine who is an
intelligent lecturer in a renowned university falls in love with one of her
good looking male students which leads into blackmails and finally to her
resignation. Nana, who is very choosy when it comes to taking a life partner,
is lured by Kojo but he turns out to be a fraudster.
Another side of
this entertaining show that pretty much reflects the title is the youthful and
campus twist it amasses.
The show follows
the lives of students on campus and out of campus, relationships, fears,
challenges and most of all peer pressure, which makes it more fashionable and
youthful than the other shows which are quite monotonous. Students live lives
which become a concern to society and makes parents raise eyebrows and find the
discipline sticks to put them right.
In the typical
strict Christian home of the Manfords, we find out that the eldest, Margaret
lives a two face life; one being the good and respectful Christian girl at home
and the other being the wild and adventurous spoilt brat outside the home.
The series actually
gives parents the clues that their wards may be only living to please them at
home only to go out and throw away the values instilled in them.
Comedy is the jelly
of every drama and to spice things up, there are characters like Kevin and Jay
whose mere utterances can rip the ribs apart. Jay is a fante guy who swims
better when flowing in fante but suffocates to death when pushed in a typical
English position.
Unlike, Jay, Kevin
can speak English, but like every Kumasi guy, he prefers to speak in Twi and
most of the things he says are rib cracking. He is a coaxing and fun person to
be around. In his palm is information about the whole community and the people
who dwell in it.
Heels &
Sneakers is a TV series will grip the audience and cause them to watch every
episode since it employs the use of cliffhangers that keep the audience in
anticipation and suspense of the next episode. It is the most relatable series
that does not only dramatize events but also reflects society as it is.



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