Veteran Ghanaian actress Grace Omaboe, popularly known as Maame Dokono, remains hopeful that the country’s struggling film industry can regain its former glory despite years of financial and creative challenges.

Speaking at the funeral rites of late actress Beverly Afaglo, Grace Omaboe identified inadequate funding and declining script quality among the major issues affecting Ghana’s movie industry.

The actress, popularly known as Maame Dokono, said veterans have continued to guide younger players in the industry, although some filmmakers have been reluctant to accept their counsel.

“The near collapse of the Ghana movie industry is because of a whole lot of reasons, financially, scriptwriting and many other things. But it will rise again. We are speaking with them. Some of them don’t take our advice when we give it, but some producers listen, so we keep talking with them and we hope the industry will rise again,” she said.

Grace Omaboe also reflected on the death of Beverly Afaglo, describing the loss as particularly painful and highlighting the devastating effect of cancer.

The late actress, whose full name was Beverly Afaglo Baah, died after battling cancer, leaving colleagues, family and fans mourning her passing.

“This cancer disease is not a good thing. It hides in the body and causes a lot of harm. Nobody thought Beverly would leave us anytime soon. She was loved by everyone, so when we heard about her passing, we were deeply hurt,” she said.

Grace Omaboe disclosed that she had personally lost someone close to her to cancer, making the death of Beverly Afaglo even more difficult to process.

“I have lost a very dear person to cancer, so I don’t even like to mention the name. But we leave everything to God. He took her and He will definitely keep her,” she added.

Beverly Afaglo’s death has renewed conversations about the challenges confronting Ghana’s creative industry, while Grace Omaboe’s comments suggest that experienced industry figures remain determined to help rebuild an industry once regarded as one of Ghana’s strongest cultural exports.

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Source: Yvonne Nyarko Agyemang