{"id":892,"date":"2023-02-05T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=892"},"modified":"2023-02-05T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T20:14:00","slug":"idris-elba-wants-to-establish-film-studio-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=892","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba wants to establish film studio in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"470\" is_main_img=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-2-e1675491712513.jpg?resize=600%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 13px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 780px;\" width=\"780\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2c2f34; font-family: Nunito; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto 30px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">English actor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/idris-elba-others-mount-pressure-on-akufo-addo-to-protect-lgbtq-community\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Idris Elba<\/a>&nbsp;has announced plans to establish a world class&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/davos-2023-idris-elba-calls-for-investment-to-help-worlds-poor\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">film-studio<\/a>&nbsp;in Ghana and parts of West Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cWe have been working at this for three or four years to raise a plan that puts a facility at the centre of African film making,\u201d Elba told Ghana President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/asaaseradio.com\/viewpoint-president-nana-akufo-addo\/\" style=\"background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eea923; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;\">Nana Akufo-Addo<\/a>&nbsp;at the Jubilee House on Friday (3 February). \u201cThere is a lot of film making, but the facility is what is lacking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cIn South Africa they have a big facility and a lot of film making goes there. We realised that policy is where the actual groundwork needs to be laid. We\u2019ve studied the models of South Africa, incredible incentive packages. Greece, Morocco and these are all places where they realise the value of the filmmaking and they\u2019ve brought that policy into play,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-145223\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"419\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?resize=650%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?resize=650%2C419&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?resize=1536%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-0.jpg?w=1416&amp;ssl=1 1416w\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" width=\"650\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\">\u201cNational Film Authority has done the work and put together a very comprehensive plan to propel Ghana into the forefront. It needs to be robust and competitive to the rest of the world. We believe for sure that Ghana should step up in terms of attracting those filmmakers. I\u2019ve come and seen you and presented to you essentially, just the parameters of what we need to do,\u201d Elba said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-145224\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"650\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?resize=555%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?resize=555%2C650&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?resize=874%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?resize=768%2C900&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?resize=1311%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?w=1748&amp;ssl=1 1748w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asaaseradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IDRIS-4.jpg?w=1416&amp;ssl=1 1416w\" style=\"border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px;\" width=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><b>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asaaseradio.com\/\">www.asaaseradio.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; English actor&nbsp;Idris Elba&nbsp;has announced plans to establish a world class&nbsp;film-studio&nbsp;in Ghana and parts of West Africa. \u201cWe have been working at this for three or four years to raise a plan that puts a facility at the centre of African film making,\u201d Elba told Ghana President&nbsp;Nana Akufo-Addo&nbsp;at the Jubilee House on Friday (3 February). 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