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Kunle Afolayan ‘Phone Swap’ Director Will Only Use Ghanaian Actors If …

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Kunle Afolayan speaking at the Press Preview of 'Phone Swap' at Silverbird Ghana.

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Director of the award winning movie ‘Figurine’, Kunle Afolayan has said that, after using Ghanaian actress Lydia Forson in his new movie, he is ready to feature other Ghanaian actors but if only they will interpret the script as a Ghanaian.
He said the above in an exclusive interview with GhanaCelebrities.Com after a short press preview of his latest movie ‘Phone Swap’. “I’m not going to feature them, if they are not going to play Ghanaian”, he said when asked if he will consider using other Ghanaian actors.
Actress Lydia Forson is the first Ghanaian to be featured by the award winning director, and for the better part of the movie spoke her indigenous language; Twi. According to the director, that added a lot to the movie.
He said a Ghanaian acting as a Ghanaian depends on the story. “If I’m doing a story that involves a Ghanaian and a Nigeria or a cross boarder story, why will I want to play Ramsey Nouah [Jnr.] as a Ghanaian? Why will I want to play Majid [Michel] as a Nigerian? No, for me, it won’t sell, it won’t work that way.”

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Readers’ Mail: African Movie Academy Awards Is Bias, Has Non Reflective Jury & They Have Gotten It Wrong Again!

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Hello Chris Vincent and Ghanacelebrities.com. My name is Leslie Berth Walker, a senior film student at the Georgia State University. Your website has been an immense help to me in my study of African Cinema. But today, I read with great disappointment the letter sent you by the AMAA regarding their flawed nominations list.
I have followed the award scheme for 3 years now and attended the one held in Bayelsa last year to cover it for my documentary class. I was quite impressed to see someone rose up to challenge the award nomination list, but to read their response was a great disappointment and a shame to the reputation of the awards.
3 years ago, the award nominated Perfect Picture’s three actresses as leads and all three ladies won. I am surprised that the AMAA are making such a lame excuse for relegating Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s  role in Ties That Bind, which I was privileged to watch at the WOCAF in Atlanta last week, to a supporting role.
The headline for Ties That Bind I believe is 3 women, 3 lives, 1 hope.  Omotola did not play a supporting role in Ties That Bind, she is a member of the three women who make up the story. Ama Abebrese may have had more scenes, but that was made possible because of the presence of the clinic and her being a Dr.
Her story did not surround her job, the clinic. The clinic was part of the story as a character because it was used as an element of adumbrating. Each of the women had different stories but they all knew each other, a phenomenon that surely influenced the title, The Ties That Bind.

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Africa Movie Academy Awards Reacts To ‘AMAA 2012 Nominations Full Of Errors’ Article!

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AMAA Jury Members, Shuaibu Husseini

GhanaCelebrities.Com has received a release from the chair of the Africa Movie Academy Awards [AMAA] Screening Committee; Shaibu Husseini responding to an article captioned ‘AMAA 2012 Nominations Full of Errors’ which was originated written and published in the Flex Newspaper, a weekly Entertainment newspaper in Ghana.
Below are full excerpts of the release sent to us.

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When Samini Met Kelly Rowland…

For some reason, this photo has taken 2 years to come out. If you guys can remember, during the 2010 FIFA World Cup,   international musical icons such as Kelly Rowland and some of the best from Africa , Samini, 2face and others collaborated for  the song  “Everywhere You Go” (2010 FIFA World Cup Theme Song). … Read more

Legendary HighLife Musician Ben Brako To Celebrate 60th Birthday In A Grand Style

Highlife dynamo Ben Brako will on the 19th May 2012 celebrate his 60th birthday at the International Conference Centre in Accra. Lots of activities have been earmark to celebrate the life of one of the Highlife greats in Ghana. The celebration is expected to attract crème de la crème of the major players in the … Read more