The Film Producers Association of Ghana, FIPAG, has reacted to
actress, Yvonne Nelson’s claims that the “never-ending challenges
confronting Ghana’s movie industry can be largely blamed on the lack of
unity and jealousy among its stakeholders.”
It would be recalled
that the actress recently spoke with Sunyani-based Suncity-97.1 Radio
when she said the industry especially English-speaking movies, is
currently limping on ‘one leg’ and risks a total collapse.
According
to her, those in Ghollywood do not wish each other well, but rather
look out for negatives to discredit each other to the detriment of the
entire industry.
Also,
it had earlier been reported that the FIPAG had in 2010, given Yvonne a
year ban for misconduct. Yvonne’s ban was based on accumulation of
several alleged incidents of her disrespectful and rude attitude towards
fellow actresses, producers and crew members on location and even when
off-camera.
However, in an interview with Celebritytvgh.com on
Monday, Michael Ola Kwaku, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, for the
association said Yvonne Nelson “doesn’t know what is going on.”
He blamed the limping of the English movie industry on the gargantuan charges of Ghanaian actors.
Kwaku
said, “The truth of the matter is those in the English movie industry
are actors and actors are able to get good deals for their fellow
actors. For example if she, Yvonne Nelson is going to shoot a movie with
Majid, I do not think Majid will charge her the same fee that Majid
will charge me, Ola.
“I mean there is that kind of friendship between them. But if anybody
from FIPAG should call Yvonne Nelson to shoot a movie with her, she
knows how much she is going to charge the person.
“So astronomical
that the person cannot even pay the rest of the crew and they do not
even have basis for their charges,” the PRO added.
Speaking
further, he said the actors themselves have turned producers, “there is
no market as there used to be because now people prefer to watch
Nigerian movies to watching English Ghanaian movies.”
Kwaku added that English movie producers do not produce movies which Ghanaians can easily relate to.
“People
do not know how to relate to most of the stories produced in English
because they feel they are a bit foreign and they do not reflect their
living standards and situation in the country,” he noted.
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