{"id":438735,"date":"2017-11-19T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T04:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/19\/shirley-frimpong-manso-doubtful-ghana-will-make-it-to-oscars-anytime-soon\/"},"modified":"2017-11-19T04:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T04:00:29","slug":"shirley-frimpong-manso-doubtful-ghana-will-make-it-to-oscars-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/19\/shirley-frimpong-manso-doubtful-ghana-will-make-it-to-oscars-anytime-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley Frimpong-Manso doubtful Ghana will make it to Oscars anytime soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 19 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/73568867.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shirley Dvd\" title=\"Shirley Dvd\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Shirley Frimpong-Manso<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151057541695353\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151057541695353\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511064029_755_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Movie producer and CEO of Sparrow Productions, Shirley Frimpong-Manso is not worried that Ghana failed to make it to the 90th Academy Awards otherwise known as the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscars, organized by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), recognizes excellence in cinematic achievements in the American film industry and beyond as assessed by the Academy&#8217;s voting membership.<\/p>\n<p>AMPAS approved a 14-member committee to select a film to represent Ghana at the 90th Oscars which will run in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, none of the entries submitted was selected for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with JoyNews\u2019 Maxwell Amoofia, she quizzed \u201cI am not disappointed we didn\u2019t make it to the Oscars. Whoever thought we were going to make it to the Oscars in the first year?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The award-winning producer stressed that qualifying for the Oscars will not take the efforts of an individual or a selected few.<\/p>\n<p>She added that various stakeholders including government will need to come on board to ensure that the country\u2019s entries are formidable and competitive enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of people who have been trying to get into the Oscars\u2026it is really not as simple as you have made a movie and it has to go,\u201d she said.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThe Oscars is not about Shirley Frimpong-Manso. It is about Ghana&#8230;if we are serious about going, then we really need to prepare\u2026It is a lot of marketing, politics or propaganda,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Adams Apple\u2019 movie producer is pessimistic that Ghana will make it to the Oscars in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t be disappointed if we don\u2019t make it in the next five years,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley Frimpong-Manso is set to premiere her latest movie titled \u2018Potato Potahto\u2019 on November 30 at the Silverbird Cinemas at the Accra Mall and West Hills Mall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Potato Potahto\u2019 will also be premiered in Nigeria as well as South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Sunday, 19 November 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-11-19 Shirley Frimpong-Manso Movie producer and CEO of Sparrow Productions, Shirley Frimpong-Manso is not worried that Ghana failed to make it to the 90th Academy Awards otherwise known as the Oscars. 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