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| David Dontoh |
Ghanaian
movie industry stakeholders are not relenting on their calls to business moguls,
banks and governments to give some attention to their industry.
They
believe giving the industry some serious concentration will not only make it grow
and improve the quality of movie production in Ghana but also go a long way to
lessen the stress on the national economy.
Veteran
actors David Dontoh and Akorfa Ejeani Asiedu last week reiterated the call on TV
Africa, saying the movie industry had 207 job areas.
“The
last time we checked, we had about 207 job areas,” David Dontoh said on TV
Africa’s business programme hosted by Yvonne Ohui McCarthy.
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| Akorfa Ejeani Asiedu |
It
is one of the reasons they think the movie industry is the best place to invest. Even though David and Akorfa didn’t enumerate
the job areas, the movie industry employs actors, directors, cinematographers,
costume designers, art directors, makeup artistes, production managers,
journalists, accountants, drivers and a host of others.
Some
other concerns about government supporting the movie industry were also raised
on the programme.Yaw
Boakye, a lecturer at Nation Film & Television Institute (NAFTI), said
industry stakeholders should be cautious of how they sought government
intervention.
His
reason was that if governments were given a total control of the movie
industry, it could rather use it for political advantage and dictate to
independent filmmakers, which shouldn’t be so.
He
however urged governments to a certain extent endeavour to create an enabling
environment for the industry to flourish.
Credit: NEWS-ONE
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