Signatures Not Enough To Save Movie Industry – Juliet Asante Needles Yvonne Nelson

Speaking in an interview on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Juliet Asante, actress and movie producer, spoke on the issue of the campaign started by Yvonne Nelson on saving the Ghanaian movie industry. She expressed her indifference towards the campaign. According to the producer, gaining signatures to petition the government is not the answer to the challenges in the industry.

Yvonne Nelson announced the start of a campaign last week on Twitter to solicit for signatures. These solicited signatures were to form a coalition of industry persons to present a petition to the government.with the sole aim of saving the movie industry. Her tweet generated a lot of buzz with people having different opinions.

“I’m not interested in signatures, I don’t think that is the answer. I mean that is good for showmanship and this is a show business so that’s fine. It is good that she’s doing this, she is a young woman who is very vibrant and understands the issues.

“The effort she is bringing to the table should be commended but I will go further to challenge her to go beyond that and also have a deeper conversation. For instance, we expected her, in particular, to be at the festival [Black Star International Film Festival], we sent an invitation and she didn’t show up,” she explained.

Juliet Asante, the brain behind the Black Star International Film Festival concluded that Yvonne Nelson’s “effect should be commended and we should add our effort but I don’t think signing signatures is the answer to the problem.”