The ‘enemies list’ of Ghana’s investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is growing day-in and day-out; and I think it is only those who hate the word TRUTH who will stand up against him.
Many are applauding him for exposing the judges or court officials who were captured on video receiving monies, goats, yams and other gifts from litigants whose cases were pending before the courts—but ‘truth haters’ thinks contrary and are calling for his prosecution.
Controversial movie producer Socrate Safo says Anas should be prosecuted for not obliging to the rules of the Ghana Cinematography Board before screening his findings termed as ‘Ghana In The Eyes Of God’ at the Accra International Conference Center.
According to him, Anas and his Tiger Eye PI needed to seek clearance from the Ghana Cinematography Board of Control before going ahead to broadcast the video.
According to him “the Cinematography Act 1961 (ACT 76) makes it mandatory for Anas to have presented the contents of his journalistic work to the Cinematography Board for viewing and classification before its public screening.
“I personally went to the office of the Classification Board to lodge a formal complaint against Anas who is screening his production in public without classification as stipulated in the law books of Ghana. The Secretary of the Board told me he can’t stop Anas because that is a special case, though it is against the law.
“I spent over thirty minutes at his office but he refused to move, not even when I volunteered to personally assist the office to enforce the law. I left his office so disappointed and regretted for my past—the past where I assisted the Board to chastise, reprimand and place a fine on my fellow FIPAG members (Abdul Salam and John Dada aka Double Date), who have released different versions of their movies on the market though it has been classified. Double D was incarcerated for about seven days in custody before we pleaded for him,” Socrate Safo narrated to NEWS-ONE.
He continued: “As we speak, film producers are compelled to show classification certificates before registering their films with ARSOG or allowed to release on the market. Our films are subjected to censorship instead of classification, an illegality under the Constitution of Ghana. Producers also have to pay money for this illegality. Folks, need I say more?”
So is the ‘Ghana In The Eyes Of God’ too a movie?