International Liberian actress, Korto Davis, has called for more support to the movie industry after completing a major movie project titled “Evil Lives Here”, which is set to be released on November 18, 2022, at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town Monrovia.
The movie features Korto Davis, Sekou M. Sirleaf, Ertamar Thompson, George E. DayoCollins, Duke Murphy Dennis, Nasera Love Kamara, and Musa Sheriff.
The movie was written and directed by Korto Davis.
“Evil Lives Here” with Log-line: (watch your back or you’ll be sorry) tells a captivating story about an elder daughter of a wealthy family who puts up with her arrogant little sister while running the family business.
Eva, the little sister decides to make an unimaginable decision which her sister Roda finds unhealthy to the family business and will go to any extent to stop her sister’s outrageous plans for the company and the family.
Actress Korto said the lack of support from government and private institutions is a major hindrance to the growth and improvement of the movie industry in Liberia.
She noted that even banking institutions are not willing to give loans to movie production companies based on fear of not getting their monies back.
“The current state of the movie business in the country is that Liberian movies have not been given attention to. The reason being is, there’s not much support from the government and private institutions. Banks will not loan us money because they don’t trust us enough to be able to pay their money back due to a lack of support from our own people who think that our movies are not good enough. Korto asserted.
Korto said her vision is to see the Liberian film industry being recognized on the global film market and attract foreign investors to invest in the industry but alarmed that such a wonderful dream cannot come true in the absence of support.
“It is my greatest desire to see Liberian filmmakers making money from their hard work instead of just making friends and fans and achieving nothing more than the famous “did well” trophy around here,” she noted.
Commenting on the most challenging part of producing the movie, Korto named the lack of financial support, electricity, and location as chief among the challenges encountered.
“The lack of electricity was one of our major challenges, we had to use the generator to power our lights and other equipment, and that cost us a lot of money to get the project done. Location was another challenge because most people in Liberia are not open to filmmaking or seeing the business aspect of film productions, which is why they find it difficult to open their homes or business places to filmmakers. She continued.
Speaking on what viewers should expect from her new movie, Korto promised total transformation and satisfaction in Liberian Movie, starting with good picture and sound quality, clean and clear Liberian diction/English, professional acting, and above all else, a great storyline that is so educative and entertaining.
Amidst these challenges, Korto says her production company will not waver in the production of good and educative movies in order to give Liberia a face in the global film market.
“Nevertheless, we from the KKLMansa production company will not give up regardless. We will continue to produce good movies as independent filmmakers till the world will know us, and actors and actresses will be well paid for their talents.
There will be options for most young people who are running into politics thinking that’s the only job that pays. Young people running to the ghetto thinking that smoking is the only thing to do after school will start to consider acting for money instead of smoking for nothing and damaging their future.
Our goal is to create jobs through Filmmaking in a few years to come”, she concluded.
SOURCE: https://frontpageafricaonline.com/
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