JEKA Productions "Yankee Wahala"
Season Two
S2: E 1:
Rumor Mills 1
Air date: 11th Feb 2018
Running time: 31:20
Rated: PG
Synopsis
After earning a doctorate and a job, Cecil, his wife Princess and their sons relocate to another State. Princess is looking forward to her new life, until she and Cecil start interacting with members of the Ghanaian community.
Starring (in order of appearance):
Edem Atatsi (Cecil), Adelaide Atatsi (Princess), Prince Kumah-Abiwu (Paul), Janet Lokko (Charity) and CNN Lokko (Fidelia).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2: E2
Rumor Mills 2
Air date: 18th Feb 2018
Running time: 40:59
Rated: PG
Synopsis
As Cecil and Princess become more involved with key players in the Ghanaian community, the tensions within the group begin to spill over into their marriage.
Starring (in order of appearance):
Miranda Kumah-Abiwu (Mother), Adelaide Atatsi (Princess), Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Effie), Prince Kumah-Abiwu (Paul), and Edem Atatsi (Cecil).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2: E3:
The Lawyer
Air date: 25th Feb 2018
Running time: 43:50
Rated: G
Synopsis
When Maxwell’s employer agrees to sponsor his temporary working visa, his wife Miranda decides that rather than work with her husband’s employer’s lawyer, she would hire a Ghanaian lawyer to help her resolve a rather sensitive issue…
Starring (in order of appearance): Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Bridget), CNN Lokko (Miranda), and Patrice Jones (The Consular).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2: E4:
Ababuo & the Professor
Air date: 4th March 2018
Running time: 36:05
Rated: G
Synopsis: It is a new semester and graduate student Ababuo Anaglate is looking forward to learning the tricks of the trade in her publishing course. When Professor Addison asks Ababuo to report to his office after class, she has no idea what would follow next.
Starring (in order of appearance): Robert Gainey (Professor Addison), CNN Lokko (Ababuo), and Kimberly McCullough (Rhoda).
Written by:
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi & CNN Lokko
S2: E5:
The Proletariat
Air date: 11th March 2018
Running time: 34:34
Rated: G
Synopsis
It is the era of free senior high school education in Ghana. Yaw and Naa Lamle are preparing to send their son Fiifi off for his first semester of senior high school.
Starring (in order of appearance): CNN Lokko (Naa Lamle), Nana Andoh Hansen (Yaw) and Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Ethel).
Written by:
CNN Lokko & Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
Air date: 18th March 2018
Running time: 45:03
Rated: PG-13
Synopsis
Bernard arrives at work to hear that catastrophe has stuck his co-worker Frances “Akua” Mantey. However, Bernard doesn’t know that this occurrence is just the tip of the iceberg, and that her friends, Paulina and Augusta are racing to stop disaster from unraveling.
Starring (in order of appearance): Kimberly McCollough (Sara), Joseph Mawuli Atatsi (Bernard), CNN Lokko (Paulina), and Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Augusta).
Written by:
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi & CNN Lokko
S2: E6:
No Good Deed
S2: E 7:
Mobile Money 1
Air date: 1st April 2018
Running time: 33:35
Rated: G
Synopsis
Despite her US Alien status, Aku has managed to find money to send to her parents in Ghana. She is excited and proud that even though her remittance is nowhere near her younger sister’s, her parents can finally be proud of her. Aku soon realizes however that man proposes, but a higher power disposes!
Starring (in order of appearance):
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Aku), James Okine (Robert), Naa Norkor Hammond (Belinda) and Patrice Jones (Chloe).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2: E8:
Mobile Money 2
Air date: 1st April 2018
Running time: 33:35
Rated: G
Synopsis
Despite her US Alien status, Aku has managed to find money to send to her parents in Ghana. She is excited and proud that even though her remittance is nowhere near her younger sister’s, her parents can finally be proud of her. Aku soon realizes however that man proposes, but a higher power disposes!
Starring (in order of appearance):
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Aku), James Okine (Robert), Naa Norkor Hammond (Belinda) and Patrice Jones (Chloe).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2:E9:
The Phone Call
Air date: 8th April 2018
Running time: 41:58
Rated: PG-13
Synopsis
Like most Ghanaians in the U.S., the ease of calling home via Whatsapp has kept Sherri in the loop with currents events taking place in her family. This is until a series of incidents makes her realize that technology can only do so much in the face of uncertainty.
Starring (in order of appearance): CNN Lokko (Mom), Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Sherri) and Naa Norle Lokko (Sophia).
Written by:
CNN Lokko &
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
Air date: 15th April 2018
Running time: 41:40
Rated: PG-13
Synopsis
Gabby invites her friend Kukua to lunch to catch up. Over a sumptuous meal of spicy shrimp fried rice, Kukua shares her recent successes. She tries to convince Gabby to adopt the answer to all life’s problems: The BFF Method.
Starring (in order of appearance): CNN Lokko (Gabby) & Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Kukua).
Written by:
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi & CNN Lokko
S2:E11:
Gunman vs Madman
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Air date: 7th September, 2018
Running time: 30:31 mins
Rated: G
Synopsis: Avery, a graduate student joins her Ghanaian colleagues Afia and Kay for a political science study session. Then, a news report of a high school shooting sends the conversation into an unexpected dialog on their cultural differences.
Starring (in order of appearance):
Swathy Sundaram (Sofi), Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Afia), Paula Gainey (Avery), and CNN Lokko (Kay).
Written by:
CNN Lokko & Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2: E12:
The Foreign Vote (Part 1)
Air date: 23rd November, 2018
Running time: 19:23 mins
Rated: PG
Synopsis: Over a meal of hot banku and fish, Yaw and his wife Naa Lamle, review the implications of ROPAL, a Ghana government law that allows Ghanaians living abroad to vote in national elections.
Starring (in order of appearance):
Leticia Lokko-Hansen (Adoley), CNN Lokko (Naa Lamle), and Nana Andoh Hansen (Yaw).
Written by:
CNN Lokko & Kezia Dzifa Awadzi
S2:E10:
The BFF
S2: E13:
The Foreign Vote (Part II)
Air date: 8th September, 2019
Running time: 21:02 mins
Rated: PG
Synopsis: During a long-distance phone conversation, Ethel and her sister Sandra, review the implications of ROPAL, a Ghana government law that allows Ghanaians living abroad to vote in national elections.
Starring (in order of appearance):
Kezia Dzifa Awadzi (Ethel), and Adelaide Atatsi (Sandra).
Written by:
CNN Lokko & Kezia Dzifa Awadzi