Locally Acquired Foreign Accent (LAFA) and today's storytling is killing our movie industry - Frank Rajah Arase

Multi award winning movie producer and director Frank Rajah Arase has condemn actors and actresses who try to speak like British and Americans in movies.
The director poured out his frustration in an interview with Studio360gh when asked why the movie industry is gradually sinking?

"This accent thing is becoming to much in the movie industry and its killing our movies. We don't even have barrings anymore. You listen to someone talking and you hear some British accent and American accent and this is killing us. I have made that mistake before and l have learnt that, the best way we can be "we" is to make movies. If an American is telling a story in America, they will never talk like Nigerians or Ghanaians. They will talk like Americans. See,if a British man is telling a British story,he will talk like a British and not a Ghanaian. We can't make a Ghanaian story and talk like a British or American when the story is not that or related in anyway" says, the Award winning movie director.

The "Somewhere In Africa" hit movie director also mentioned the lost of the African storytelling format in our movies as a major factor the Ghanaian and Nigerian movie industry is not making it internationally.
"We have lost our storytelling format in our movies. When you speak to some,they tell you its because of the audience. We try to satisfy what the audience want and we end up rather loosing them. We can not put all over eggs into one basket. Today, most stories is about this is cheating on this,this is cheating on that,some romantic comedy but this is soo not our life style as a people and not our story. We have really lost the kind of story that made us Nollywoodians,the stories that actually gave us that name.  The African content that we are suppose to sell to the world, we dont do them no more. We are rather preaching to the world what they already know. It is good to be versatile,mix it up but dont leave your own. We have lost it and l must admit that fact" expressed Frank Rajah passionately.

The movie director spoke to Studio360gh over the weekend at the WestHills Mall during the CELEBRITY POPCORN SALES AND MOVIE PREMIERE of LOVE REGARDLESS produced by Zynnell Zuh another Ghanaian actress.

"Love Regardless" is Zynnell Zuh's second self produced movie and as part of the premiere, had a celebrity Popcorn Sales which featured Nana Ama McBrown, Pokello of Big Brother fame, Elikem the Tailor, Bassey of Big Brother fame, Nii Soul, Paulina Oduro, Kobi Rana, Roseline Ngarlisah and many more Ghanaian and Nigerian celebrities.