Keteke is a Ghanian feature film about a couple living in Puna, but bent on delivering their first baby in their home town, Akete.
It’s screening this week at FESPACO, Africa’s largest film festival in Burkina Faso but sadly for all concerned, the leading actress of the movie couldn’t make it.
Lydia Forson told BBC’s Newsday why she’s not there.
The actress added that most corporate entities do not invest in film and this problem of funding she believes cuts across movie industries in Africa, of which Ghana is of no exception.
According to her, though the NPP government is currently pushing the creative arts agenda, the team still go through the traditional process of seeking for sponsorship because of the ‘attitude of politicians’.
“Over the years, we sort for these funds ourselves. But this year, with the current government pushing the creative arts agenda, I was determined to make a statement but a lot of times, there’s what politicians say and there’s what they do. So we decided to go through the right process where we send letters and all of that”, she stated.
Aside lack of funds for the industry, Lydia Forson also revealed lack of respect for the industry as one of the major challenge of the movie industry.
“There’s a huge challenge when it comes to funding and at this core, I think the biggest problem is lack of respect for the industry” she said.
[BBC]
