I hope NPP revives movie industry - Adjorlolo

Award winning Ghanaian actor, Kofi Adjorlolo says Ghana's flailing movie industry has taken a hit over the past couple of years because of the poor state of the national economy. Adjorlolo told the Graphic Showbiz in an exclusive interview of his hopes that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration would reverse the poor economic fortunes of the country and help to revive the movie industry.

He attributed the low patronage of Ghanaian movies to economic hardship which prevents Ghanaians from spending their disposable incomes on cinema as well DVDs.

"If the economy is robust and booming, that is when you have people buying movies and getting interested in watching movies. But there have been some challenges and these challenges have set us back.

He added that the movie industry has also suffered because of challenges such as the lack of infrastructure as well as the poor quality of directors.

"We have producers and some directors who haven't learnt the job very well and sometimes when you are working with them, you see that they need to get more skilled.

“There are very young directors in the system and I will advise them to get more skilled because at times you watch movies and you don't feel it, am I lying?", he queried.

"We have always spoken about this and that is why we actually have the Creative Arts Bill which has been passed through Parliament and is awaiting executive approval so it is a very good idea. Inclusive of that bill is government support for the movie industry development.

"I think presently, the government that we have will be more concerned about helping our industry move in that direction”, he added.