Prince Bubacarr Aminata
Sankanu, The Gambia’s film industry pioneer, has told Infoprations that The
Gambia is now a free country where films could be produced after the exit of
the ex-dictator, President Yahya Jammeh who was rejected through ballots during
2016 presidential election, for local and global audience.
In an exclusive interview a while ago
with Infoprations, Prince Sankanu
expressed his happiness that Gambians eventually get rid of the former dictator
who made production of films by local artistes almost impossible during his
regime.
Prince Sankanu says: “I feel highly
elated and optimistic that after 22 years of dictatorship, we as a country of
just two (2) million inhabitants can start enjoying our basic and fundamentally
human rights without fear and threats.”
He points out that “Under the Jammeh
dictatorship, we could not make quality films but within the first 12 months of
the new Gambian political dispensation under President Adama Barrow, I have
been able to make five (5) films.
“We can now make films without a
dictator or his henchmen hindering us. We have decided to have a unique name
for our Gambian film industry called CINEKAMBIYA as we don't want to be part of
the Hollywood, Bollywood or Nollywood copy-catism.”
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