GRi Arts &
Culture 17 – 01 - 2003
Development of Film
industry is dear to Government
He therefore called on
filmmakers to make their views known on how to regenerate the hitherto vibrant
sector, he said during a courtesy call on him by Kwaw
Ansah, Executive Producer of Film Africa Limited.
A statement from the Ghana High
Commission received in
He stated that there was the
need to protect the local film industry from the influx of cheap films, which
continued to be dumped on the Ghanaian market. The High Commissioner appealed
to financial institutions and friends of the industry to support the good work
being done by filmmakers in order to help rebuild a buoyant film industry for
the country.
Ansah, who is also a member of the
National Media Commission, told the High Commissioner that Film Africa Limited would
continue to intensify its efforts to produce homegrown
videos and films in line with the cultural and social background and the
aspirations of the people.
He said the focus of his
television channel, TV Africa, would be on the production of dramas, reviews,
insight, news magazines and other programmes that would uplift and enhance the
image of the African on the continent and in the Diaspora.
He expressed regret about the
demise of the Ghana Film Industry Corporation, which had produced a variety of
inspirational films on national issues and hoped that every effort would be
made by Government to salvage master copies of films produced by the
Corporation since 1948, some of which were kept in various places in conditions
which were not ideal.
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