{"id":458661,"date":"2018-01-26T11:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/26\/first-lady-unveiled-as-bsif-patron-pledges-support-for-creative-arts\/"},"modified":"2018-01-26T11:12:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T11:12:05","slug":"first-lady-unveiled-as-bsif-patron-pledges-support-for-creative-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/26\/first-lady-unveiled-as-bsif-patron-pledges-support-for-creative-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady unveiled as BSIF patron, pledges support for Creative Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 25 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/66835413.295.jpg\" alt=\"First Lady Patron1\" title=\"First Lady Patron1\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The First Lady charged filmmakers to use their productions to tell stories of great Ghanaian women<\/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=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1516965125_121_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has pledged her unflinching support to the creative arts industry.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing guests at the Black Star International Film (BSIF) symposium at the African Regent Hotel in Accra, the wife of Ghana\u2019s President revealed that stakeholders within the sector can count on her support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be a full-fledged friend of the arts. You can count on me, I\u2019ll be there,\u201d she announced.<\/p>\n<p>Her statement comes as good news for the many industry players who advocate better attention to the creative arts.<\/p>\n<p>The First Lady was unveiled as a patron of the Institute at the ceremony to usher in the 2018 edition of the Black Star International Film Festival to be held in August.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director of Cal Bank, Frank Adu was announced as one of the patrons of the institute as well.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in her speech, acknowledged the efforts of BSIF and its founder, Juliet Asante, in using film as a tool for development.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NBmSznaLEJw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me congratulate BSIFI of the Black Star International Film Festival for the event and commend them for the theme for this symposium,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the symposium this year is \u2018Film as a tool to change the narrative for women.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The First Lady charged filmmakers to use their productions to tell the stories of great but unsung Ghanaian women.<\/p>\n<p>She also challenged the film industry to \u2018make more films that sell Ghana positively\u2019 while urging them to take advantage of the opportunities the sector offers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 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 Thursday, 25 January 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-01-25 play videoThe First Lady charged filmmakers to use their productions to tell stories of great Ghanaian women First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has pledged her unflinching support to the creative arts industry. 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