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Prolific Ghanaian filmmaker, Peter Sedufia has aired his views on the brouhaha surrounding the visit of American screenwriter and Actor, Spike Lee.
Spike Lee in an interview on Asaase Radio disclosed he had not met any member of the Film community in Ghana before his departure despite the massive publicization of his visit.
“I know about Nigeria, and no one has approached me from the film industry in Ghana. I would love to meet people in the film industry but no one has approached me,” he said.
Lee’s comment has been met with backlash from Ghanaians who criticised the film industry for their nonchalant behaviour towards partnership and collaboration.
Reacting to the commentary on social media, “ALOE VERA” director, Peter Sedufia said the filmmaking fraternity was not informed about the visit and called these actions as “knee-jerk reactionary behaviours”
“These knee-jerk reactionary behaviours are part of the reason we’re stuck as an industry…” he wrote.
The independent filmmaker questioned the reason for the visit of the Grammy-winning actor and why stakeholders should just meet Lee without any plan.
“Do we know why Spike Lee was in Ghana?” quizzed the NAFTI graduate “Do we know his itinerary before wishing to have bombarded him with our unplanned/unsolicited film industry appointments?”
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“These knee-jerk reactionary behaviours are part of the reason we’re stuck as an industry…
1. Do we know why Spike Lee was in Ghana?
2. Do we know his itinerary before wishing to have bombarded him with our unplanned/unsolicited film industry appointments?
3. Do we know who even invited him and on whose ticket he was here, and whether that person was opened to other people tapping into their investment?
Eg. I invite James Cameron to Ghana, pay his travel expenses and accommodation for my personal purpose, only for random people to come and bombard him with unplanned and unintended appointments. Does this make sense to any right thinking person?
If Spike Lee wanted to meet Ghanaian filmmaking Community, he would have mentioned it before coming, then we’d be aware of the invitation to treat. Or, whoever was inviting him would have made that known. He can’t pretend not to know people make films in Ghana.
If he was invited on the ticket of the government, then there’s a communication failure somewhere. I cannot single-handedly make my way to Spike Lee to make an appointment to have an entire film industry conversation with him. Where’s my access point?
People should just chill about these whole brouhaha…
We don’t create our own opportunities, but we always want to jump and grap other people’s creations.
If you need Spike Lee, James Cameron, etc, for a film industry conversation, make a conscious effort to invite them, and they’ll decide how to treat your invitation.
Don’t wait to parasite on someone else’s investment. Give us a break,” he concluded
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