GHANA FILMS AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP- MOTHER GHANA IS CRYING

We have a ministry clueless of the film industry. Emptying the natural and cultural resources of the nation are the honourable politicians under the guise of safeguarding. Mother Ghana’s honourable politicians aren’t building industries but weakening existing ones to acquire them- mother Ghana is crying.

The Ghana film industry stakeholders, busy they are making comic and romantic films. Proudly we the spectators watch, as such films fulfil our fantasies offering us escapism from the economic malaise. 

The film industry produce not films to celebrate national heroes, neither films to inspire a generation nor films to caution political leadership- mother Ghana is crying.

Mother Ghana’s leader who understood films and had the film industry at heart was Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. Had Osagyefo film industry laid down vision been followed, Ghana would have today proudly called itself as Hollywood of Africa.

Into pieces was Nkrumah’s vision for films hacked and sold off under a beautiful word called Divestiture. The least understood phase of that vision was left under the sun to suffer and die a natural death. Where is Gama Films? It dead and buried, visit TV3 to see Gama Films tombstone- mother Ghana is crying.

                                                   

Today’s political leadership cruise in town amidst sirens, smiles and sound: they are the saints and sinless, elected to rule whiles the film industry bleeds- Lord’s mercy on my soul- mother Ghana is crying.

Film making is tedious but profitable in the medium and long term. The structure of film industry, bad policies, film bill waiting in the wings, together creates challenging terrain for film makers, actors, distributors and producers. No film maker wants to make a film to incur the wrath of political leadership on the already struggling film industry- mother Ghana is crying.

The power of films, political leadership is unaware. Political leadership see films from the narrow perspective of propaganda and nothing else.

The power of films can be realised when political leadership train and run seminar on national vision for filmmakers and screenwriters. The outcome is subsequently reflected in films produced in a particular year. Today’s political leadership is only interested in percentage share.

Currently Ghana film industry is doing it possible best, waiting for a political leadership to wake up and offer her the needed support to make Ghana films international- the film sector weeps. Until that leadership emerges, who will console mother Ghana’s? She is crying.

Sharparrows