Actor Van Vicker , who is one of the actors who paved way
for the Ghana Nigeria Collaborations in terms of acting , has called on
the film authorities to see to it that both countries do not put a stop
to such collaborations.
In a chat with Razz Newspaper reporter Mustapha Inusah, he
said that though producers are not shooting many movies recently, it’s
difficult for movie lovers to see actors and producers from both
countries collaborate with each other .
“I don’t want to speculate much about why we don’t shoot
much Ghanaian –Nigerian collaborative films, I went to Nigeria to shoot
one movie last month , I saw Majid Michel also going to shoot a movie,
but the rate at which we use to shot movies in Nigeria has dropped
drastically ” he revealed.
Speaking about the benefits both countries enjoy from such
collaborations efforts, he said that, formerly, the Ghanaian film
industry was riding on the back of the Nigerian film industry because
the latter was well established but now, he can say with confidence that
the Ghanaian film industry has solidified.
“When we speak about African film s, many people refer it
to as Nollywood and actors known across Africa are called Nollywood
actors especially by the international media because Nollywood has
established so, we collaborating with them has benefited us ” He said.
To him, one can easily be popular in Africa when he or she
features in Nollywood films because, most of them who moved to Nollywood
those days are way ahead of the others in terms of popularity across
Africa and beyond.
“That is not to say you can’t be popular in Africa through
Ghanaian films, But doing Nigerian collaborations makes it easier and we
moving to Nigeria also gave chance for more new talented actors to be
discovered in Ghana” he hinted.
He explained that the collaboration between both countries
also brought a healthy human and business relationship between both
countries which is being enjoyed now.
“If we see to the collaboration to totally fall, that unity
and rapport we have with both countries will also decline” He advised
Mr Vicker added that not all Ghanaian movies go outside
Ghana because, we don’t have , more producers in Ghana compared to
Nigeria where they have more producers .
In Contrast, the Nigerian producers are many and the
majority of them take the movie outside Nigeria, which makes it easier
for actors and the films to get the necessary attention across Nigeria.
As to what he will be doing to see to make sure that the
previous collaboration that existed between Ghana and Nigeria will come
back to life, he said that, it is the Job of the various institutions
Like Film producers association and Actors Guild to see to it that ,
such progressive collaboration persist and improves.
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