The Ghanaian movie “Beyonce: the President Daughter “was a hit across Africa, outside Africa it was especially a hit in the Caribbean. The movie has won many critical accolades and is credited with not only contributing to the resurrection of the so-called dead Ghanaian movie industry, it also lunched the booming careers of two Ghanaian movie stars Nadia Buari and Van Vicker. Matter of fact, so huge was the buzz surrounding this movie when it made its debut back in 2006, I scrambled my very last dollar, drove my broke self to the nearest African movie store and got me a copy (that was a lie, watched the flick for free online).
It is acceptable to adopt concepts from other sources, but it is crucial to put one’s own twist on; that is, make it yours and sprinkle it with feature that make it unique and strip it of all traits that are traceable to the source. What a shameful display of lack of creativity! Hope these producers don’t get away with plagiarism, as it has gotten to a point where such slips up shouldn’t be acceptable, especially if the industry aims at being recognized internationally which can only be achieved by putting forth original materials.
By Cassie Johnson
oh please there have been billions of stories like that beyonce from nollywood