How skillful are we being?
How artistically are we tell-
ing our stories? What kind of
stories are we telling? These
issues won’t take money to
resolve, they require skills and
intellect - so yeah we have our
shortcomings and it’s been
tough from that regard. We
also have attitudinal problems.
We have people who perceive
themselves as divas therefore
should be treated specially or
in different ways than the nor-
mal person. Lack of education
and people relying only on
their talents and not willing to
pick up courses to be better are
also part of the problems we
have. But yes in the sense that
we have seen a new genera-
tion who are skillful, learned
and isn’t just about talents
but are passionate about what
they do and therefore have
standards. It is a generation
where compared to my gener-
ation for the first time we have
Ghanaian movies been shown
on international flights. We
have got better. We have some
of our movies winning awards
at international events.
CLS: 2018 has been a great
year for the film industry.
What’s your take on it?
ADJ: For me what has been
very significant is the new
entrants. These are individ-
uals that have the passion to
tell stories. They have taken
bold steps and telling stories
that are daring and the qual-
ity they’ve put out there are
unquestionable. For me it’s
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been a combination of these
new guys coming in with
something new as against
those looking for capital just
to make a movie and that’s
the trend we are going to see.
Immediately we will be seeing
the impact.
CLS: Have you seen Lucky?
ADJ: No, I haven’t. I have seen
the trailer - pretty impressive
but I’m yet to watch it.
CLS: Let’s talk about Azaali.
ADJ: So the director called.
First of all I didn’t know who
the director was. But when I
read the story, I was elated. I
thought that was a solid story
and that immediately caught
my attention. Content wise - I
will say it was on point. The
location also resonates the
theme of the story. Azaali is
a story that talks about child
marriage, something that is
happening every day in our
societies but we don’t talk
about. For me it wasn’t even
about how much he was
willing to offer. He was very
opened about how he wanted
to tell the story and needed
a skillful team to help him do
that because he was coming
from a green area.
CLS: How was the experience?
ADJ: It wasn’t my everyday
experience. We had to learn
Dagbaani and all that. We had
to learn how to eat their food.
It was an awesome experience.
It gave us the opportunity to
connect with the people there.
It’s something I enjoyed doing.
CLS: Mr Adjetey, we will have
to continue this conversation
another time.
ADJ: Sure. It’s been a pleasure.
Apologies for the time we had to
meet.