Ghanaian Movie Industry, A Real Business Or Some Child Play? Do You Know Star Actors-Jackie Appiah and Adjetey Anang Were Spotted Changing Costumes In A Car Park?

Over the years, we have written several articles taken a shot at the flight route of the Ghana Movie Industry, mostly considering the profitability of the whole business venture.

You do not have to be told amount the many low quality and thoughtless story line movies that have sustained the Ghanaian Movie Industry up to today. The question is; how long can this go on for now that African movie enthusiasts are being bombarded with great movies from other parts of the continent?

The end product of any enterprise depends on the input vessel and energy. The poor way movie makers conduct their businesses in Ghana shows clearly in the substandard movies we find in our markets.

Several reports have in the past indicted Ghanaian film-makers for the poor treatment they give to our actors and actresses on set-what they eat, drink, where they sleep and the costumes provided to them.

When you hear household names like Jackie Appiah, Adjetey Anang, Yvonne Nelson,  Nadia Buari and others, you will reasonably assume that, these people are at least made to feel comfortable on movie sets.

However, a recent report has revealed that our actors do struggle to have basic things such as changing rooms when on set.

On a recent Venus Films set at the A&C Shopping Mall at East Legon, Jackie Appiah and Adjetey Annan were caught using the public car park as their changing rooms.

Though Adjetey Annan is reported to have uncomfortably said it was “Asaba style” as called in Nigeria, it brings to light the harsh working conditions these people endure. No wonder majority of our movies come out as a child play.

For Jackie Appiah, she was seen struggling to maintain her dignity as a woman by changing in a car.

Can you even fathom the humiliation these top actors had to endure by having to change costumes this way, simply because one of biggest movie production houses in Ghana-Venus Films couldn’t provide a common mobile truck which could house the bathrooms, changing rooms, and also double as offices for crew members.

I wouldn’t even change my shirt at a car park and here we have Jackie Appiah and Adjetey Anang doing more than this, all because they have to work with unprofessional people who do not care about anything apart from the profit they will make.

Though I am blaming Venus Films for failing to provide an enclosed space for these actors to ensure that they enjoy their dignity as human beings and celebrities for that matter, I can’t fail to ask; don’t these people have managers who can make certain BASIC demands before signing a movie contract?

GOSH! Anytime I am slapped with such things, it reminds me of what a friend once asked-Do you really have celebrities in Ghana?

If he want our industry to last, then the way we do things must change and it must change now!