The Ghana Movie Industry may not be topnotch and on the same level as Hollywood but our people are giving in their ultimate best. The very words many of the movie makers reiterate is the lack of funding.
Even at the back of that, they are doing pretty much well themselves so it becomes disappointing when people do not see their plight or decide not to and make scathing remarks at their efforts.
That is what politician Gabby Otchere Darko has been about. According to him, he sees no improvement in the industry after taking his time to watch about 10 Ghanaian movies. He wrote;
“I took my time to watch randomly ten Ghanaian movies and never felt so disappointed. It brought home to me one major deficiency in our development. The apparent lack of deliberate consciousness on the part of the creative industry in the development conversation. The presence of the creative industry appears at best peripheral in Ghana’s development narrative.
Our movies, our songs, our arts, by and large, do not impactfully plug into a greater development agenda. Hollywood, for the best part of a century, has been deliberately used by America to push successfully American cultural “supremacy” agenda; it has been used as an effective instrument of military or economic indoctrination.
But, what has been the underlying consciousness behind our creative industry, if any? What role, for instance, can actors in the creative industry play to define and realize this whole important concept of moving Ghana Beyond Aid? We must elevate consciousness in Ghana if we are serious about winning”.
That did not sit well with Kafui Danku who has been doing lots for the general good of the industry and she hit back.
The mother of one says it is about time people face bare facts and stop hiding behind words.
“Honestly, I wish we can have this conversation openly and I also wish people will forget about their position and age and face bare facts. I wish…. I wish… I wish. @yvonnenelsongh I want to talk, not type”.