I will Pump $150,000 Into Ghanaian Movies This Year - Alfred Agyapong
Movie Producer, Alfred Agyapong, vows to invest in Ghanaian film industry to realise the untapped potential
Tanitoluwa J. Adedotun 
Alfred Agyapong has declared that he will be investing the sum of $150,000 into the Ghanaian film industry in the year 2021.
The American-based Ghanaian Executive Film Producer noted that the movie industry will never realise its potential especially on the back of the terrible damages that the coronavirus has caused if adequate funding is not injected into the system.
The closure of cinemas has so far crippled local producers with most of them barely getting by with surviving.
According to him, producing Ghanaian movies that can compete in the international movie market is the goal with adequate finding.
Mr Agyapong, who is the Co-Founder of PB Films in Denver Colorado, USA believes both ‘Ghallywood’ and ‘Kumawood’ should come together to make this objective a possibility.
“We got all it takes to take the African continent to the next level. With perseverance and discipline as the key, I believe the sky would be the beginning of greatness for us.
“Something I have also realized over the years the unwavering passion; in the Ghanaian film industry players. With such passion, the needed drive would be present and every other thing such as money would follow.
"Therefore, I am willing to pump in US$150,000 into producing films in Ghana this year so others can see the kind of quality films we can make,”
In addition, he noted that his passion for the film business was inspired by a close partner Lucky Calebs and had sponsored films including ‘Ghetto Hero’, starring Actress Nana Ama MacBrown, John Dumelo and a host of others.
Some of the top names he has worked with were Prince David Osei and Majid Michel.
Other projects in the pipeline scheduled for release are ‘Enemies Are Not God’, ‘Africa For Africa’, ‘Lover’s Paradise, and ‘Dismayed As You Prayed’ directed by Efo Lucky Calebs.
