Posterity won’t forgive us – Eddie Nartey lashes out at National Film Authority
Eddie Nartey, a Ghanaian actor, director, and film producer, has questioned the National Film Authority’s decision to rebrand the Ghana Film Authority as Black Star Films.
Some industry stakeholders have voiced dismay and reaffirmed that the name change is not a priority following the announcement of the name change.
They expressed worry that there are more important challenges in the industry that should be addressed before rebranding the sector.
Eddie Nartey as cited by 3news appears to be one of those who are dissatisfied with the rebranding, expressing his unhappiness in the film industry’s rebranding and claiming that it will not benefit any filmmaker.
“With all the problems we have confronting the movie industry, is changing the name the most important? Posterity won’t forgive us if we sit idle and watch this mistake happen. So Ya all that sat in as committee members didn’t know about black star film festival? What. Shame,” he questioned.
He also suggested that investors be brought in to encourage local filmmakers and assist in the development of cinemas in order to boost the business and attract more investors.
“Bring on investors that will support local filmmakers and help build cinemas so that we will be able to showcase our films to Ghanaians nationwide, not only Silverbird. Let’s learn from the Nigerians. Changing its name will not be of benefit to any filmmaker. We can do better,” he said.
“We have real problems. You make a film, do 1-month publicity & you can only screen it at Silverbird Accra.? “You have to rent hotels in other regions before you can screen it there. In fact, you have to do a whole new publicity for that.
“Let’s not turn a blind eye to the core probs”, he concluded.
Source: Richard Mensah Adonu | Join our Telegram Group
