{"id":37246,"date":"2023-08-29T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=37246"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:11:56","slug":"ghanaian-american-film-maker-recruits-ghanaian-creatives-for-international-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/08\/29\/ghanaian-american-film-maker-recruits-ghanaian-creatives-for-international-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian-American film-maker recruits Ghanaian creatives for international movies\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Prince Adu Mensah, a Ghanaian-American film-maker has become the youngest and first Ghanaian to be part of the executive production team that produced the film titled <\/span><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">Dissecting with Darcy<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">. <\/span><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/b><\/b><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">Dissecting with Darcy<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">,<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">directed by Nigerian-Canadian film-maker Tomide Bamigboye was produced in the heart of Hollywood at the <a href=\"http:\/\/nyfa.edu.com\" title=\"\">New York Film Academy.<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-768x1024.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-750x1000.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-1140x1520.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-4-jpg.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">Dissecting with Darcy <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">is a film about <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">a 32-year-old <a href=\"http:\/\/nsem\" title=\"\">journalist<\/a> named Darcy who due to lack of employment\u00a0moved to her parent\u2019s house in Rudoso, Indiana.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Darcy who is determined to make a name for herself as an investigative journalist, commenced a podcast to uncover unsolved murder cases in her town. As usual, Darcy is hosting an episode of her podcast when she gets a call from a mysterious man, Aarick who seems to know a lot about the murder victims. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">With determination\u00a0to find out who he is, Darcy kept\u00a0Aarick talking by asking him questions. And\u00a0answering Darcy\u2019s\u00a0questions, Aarick unknowingly\u00a0unravels a little part of himself. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Darcy\u2019s most loyal listener, Ricky tries to impress her by going ahead to solve the cases and finding out who the murderer is. Ricky seems to have a breakthrough in the case and tries to inform Darcy but she shuts him down,\u00a0Ricky\u00a0whose mind was made up,\u00a0goes\u00a0ahead to explore his findings on his own. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Still on the phone call, Darcy thinks she is able to figure out who Aarick is after he reveals that he is a retired surgeon\u00a0but after her research,\u00a0she realizes that her information about Aarick\u00a0is false. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Sensing &#8216;defeat&#8217;,\u00a0Darcy lashes out at Aarick, hears Ricky through the phone, he is in Aarick\u2019s house. Darcy pleads with Aarick to let Ricky go but she is ignored. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Aarick convinces Ricky to allow him to end his life and Ricky agrees. After this incident, Darcy ends the\u00a0podcast episode. She then calls\u00a0her cousin Ricky and her grandpa and it is revealed that the podcast was a rouse to gain more <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt\">followers.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">D<\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">issecting with Darcy <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-weight: normal;font-family: Arial\">on the 17<\/span><sup style=\"color: initial\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt;vertical-align:super\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-weight: normal;font-family: Arial\">\u00a0August, 2023, was screened in Burbank, Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"37253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-750x563.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-1140x855.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-1-jpg.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Prince Adu Mensah who is an excellent director,\u00a0is also a professional\u00a0writer. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">The young Ghanaian-American has\u00a0written and directed a couple of\u00a0short films like <font face=\"Arial\">\u201c<\/font>Amenyo<font face=\"Arial\">\u201d<\/font>, <font face=\"Arial\">\u201c<\/font>Hardened<font face=\"Arial\">\u201d<\/font>, <font face=\"Arial\">\u201c<\/font>Hear Me<font face=\"Arial\">\u201d<\/font>, and many more.\u00a0Prince has also directed multiple commercials.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\">Prince who is passionate about promoting Ghanaian crew members who are perfect at production and directing has recruited majority of them to join the long list of international crew members.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-750x500.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-1140x760.webp 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2023\/08\/Prince-3-jpg.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>T<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: Arial\">hrough Prince, Majeed Mohammed and Seth Osei have had the privilege to work on <\/span><b style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-size:12.0000pt\">Dissecting with Darcy <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-weight: normal;font-family: Arial\">occupying the editing and visual effects positions.<\/span><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">Majeed is known to have worked on young and vibrant Ghanaian superstar, Black Sherif\u2019s \u201cParadise\u201d music video while Seth Osei is widely known for being behind scenes of major Ghanaian productions as a VFX editor.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: 12pt;font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\">Prince whose dream is to market the Ghanaian film industry on the global film market has made it a target to recruit more Ghanaian creatives on his next project.<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-size:12.0000pt\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:14.0000pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Adu Mensah, a Ghanaian-American film-maker has become the youngest and first 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