{"id":343681,"date":"2017-02-03T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/02\/03\/film-growth-ghana-nigeria-should-come-back-together-mike-ezuruonye\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T16:17:47","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:17:47","slug":"film-growth-ghana-nigeria-should-come-back-together-mike-ezuruonye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/02\/03\/film-growth-ghana-nigeria-should-come-back-together-mike-ezuruonye\/","title":{"rendered":"Film growth: Ghana, Nigeria should come back together &#8211; Mike Ezuruonye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday,  3 February 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-02-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/94377172.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Niger\" title=\"Mike Niger\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mike Ezuruonye,Renowned Nollywood actor<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=148603782430375\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=148603782430375\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1486248181_110_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Renowned Nollywood actor Mike Ezuruonye is advocating for a more collaborative effort between Ghana and Nigeria to grow their respective movie industries. He noted that some few years ago, the two countries were a formidable force in the sector which led to the growth of the two industries.<\/p>\n<p>That collaboration saw joint productions between the two countries which gave prominence to popular actors and actresses in Ghana like Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel and Van Vicker, to become household names in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an exclusive interview on the Cosmopolitan Mix on Joy FM with Doreen Andoh Friday, the \u2018bad boy\u2019 actor believes that Ghanaian and Nigerian actors can maximize profit if they work together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMovie making is an expensive medium. Our craft is in no doubt okay but you cannot just say I\u2019m a good actor and it\u2019s okay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mike noted that the viewership of African movies go beyond the boundaries of the continent and wondered \u201cwhat are we doing to connect that viewership. What are we doing to maximize that viewership?\u201d To him, \u201cThe musicians are getting it right gradually\u2026 they are getting their royalties,\u201d but unfortunately, the actors are not getting it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to know how we connect. There is so much we have to do but we have to come together because we lost it. Nigeria and Ghana were one force. Right now, a few of us are talking\u2026I am also pioneering this and say let come back again,\u201d the fine actor revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Games Men Play\u2019 star noted that he does not see himself as \u201ca Nigerian actor. I\u2019m an African actor because I believe that what we do has been able to properly educate Africa and make Africa be looked at on the outside as a window for which Africa is, was and would be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He believes that movies serve as a platform to sell Africa to the world \u201cwe have beautiful people, beautiful culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike therefore stressed that due to the influence of African movies, there is the need to \u201craise the bar\u201d to be able to compete globally. \u201cIt\u2019s about raising the African cinema to where it\u2019s supposed to be because right now the world is watching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, giant movie outfits like 20 Century Fox and Netflix are now in Africa. The development, he said, means they are now tapping into us, \u201cit means we have something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who is in Ghana to premiere his first movie, \u2018Brother Jekwe\u2019, said he was impressed with some actors now taking courses to enhance their craft.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Friday, 3 February 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-02-03 Mike Ezuruonye,Renowned Nollywood actor Renowned Nollywood actor Mike Ezuruonye is advocating for a more collaborative effort between Ghana and Nigeria to grow their respective movie industries. 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