'Who to blame' movie premier slated

By Elizabeth Cole

One of the Gambia's talented filmmakers, who established Young Stars Movie Production have slated to premier another movie tittle 'Who To Blame' on March 6 at Pencha Mii hall.

The production house that had started as a drama group in Brusubi, the Chief Executive Officer Modou Lamin Sowe said he was part of the founders and became the first president.

He explained that they were inspired to form a movie production after shooting a movie tittle The Shadows of Our Culture' in Manduar, which brings lot of comments at home. 

 "That's the reason we decided to expand it instead being only for school drama thing."

Mr. Sowe said the production was registered in June 2017 at National Center for Arts and Culture, which he became the CEO, saying they are now recommended.

In turning the drama as movie production, he said his foreign movie director Mustapha Kamara alias Kayz was among the one that inspired him.

Sowe, whose aims and objectives has do with creating a platform for the Gambians and nurturing some who have passion in acting, said he will use the media as a way of preaching instead of other bad habit. 

"We do filming for the purpose of educating, informing and entertaining."

Sowe who is also the director of the production, stated that the movie industry is a desert that need to be watered and he have a role to play.

He added that Who to blame is an hiding thing and will be exposed March 6 at Pencha Mii hall.

Exposing his obstacles, Sowe said finance is a main thing, the concept of the people in our environment, the hiding talents that people are not ready to showcase and having untalented Cameramen who lied too much that they can do the work, which is a total different.

In building the nation's economy, he reiterated that the movie industry or talents play 50% of it. 

"Linking ourselves with other countries like Nigeria or Ghana and checking their economic growth, film making contributed a lot."

He called on the sponsors and the government to help filmmakers, in which he described can reduce the rate of crimes to the young people. 

"I want the Gambians to show us some support, likewise they do to foreigners who they believe are doing well. We want the government to be given us the platforms to make so that the message we want to sent, will be well received by the consumers. We want the Gambians to know that they have great sons and daughters who are ready to contribute their quarters to the productive sector of our economic."

Pencha Mii is a big place but is not bigger than The Gambia, he said, adding that he hope The Gambians will fill up the hall. 

Among his sponsors, he counted Ya Aisha Cham of Holland and the Hollandaise people, Sering Danjo  in USA and Kemo Ceesay in USA, while clarifying that most of them supported financially and others in the areas of advises and motivations. 

"I want everyone to come and support Gambians own film."