Creatives holding political positions not failures —Socrate Safo

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CONTRARY to popular opinion that positions held by creatives in government are merely ceremonial and lack the power to make an impact on the sector, popular film Producer and Director Socrate Safo thinks otherwise.

Holding a political position as Director for Creative Arts at the National Commission on Culture (NCC), Socrate argues the challenge has rather been a lack of information flow on their achievements to industry players.

As a panel member of the Graphic Showbiz X (Twitter) Dialogue series recently, Socrate Safo noted the proper narratives had not been shared.

“It’s unfortunate people think that having creatives in political positions is not relevant since they don’t make any impact but that is not true and they are not failures.

“I have said time without number that things are happening but keeping industry players updated has become a challenge, thereby creating the impression creatives in political positions are failures.

“There are so many things happening behind the scenes such as the National Theatre splitting costs with creatives to enable them to successfully host their events. This lessens the burden of production costs.

“A few years ago, Ghanaian comedians were condemned for not being talented but today they are all over the place because an industry person in government took the initiative to support them.

“Today, the story is different and they are making an impact and filing auditoriums like the National Theatre because a creative holding government position who understands the system worked to make it happen,” he stated.

 

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