Kumawood Is Dead – Prince David Osei

Fine-boy Ghanaian actor, Prince David Osei, has stated that the local movie industry, “Kumawood” is dead.

According to him, it will take the local movie industry forever to bounce back if they don’t adopt to the current trends in the movie world.

The movie personality revealed this when speaking in an interview on Hitz FM on Monday.

“There are great movies from the English industry so I don’t see where the problem is here. If the Kumawood people are saying someone was going to invade their space, from where I stand right now, it looks like Kumasi Movie industry is DEAD… That’s the truth.

“Producers call me and say, they are unable to sell one thousand (1,000) DVD copies and the reason why this is happening is not because someone is trying to invade in anybody’s space but the truth is that the world is moving, things are changing and they need to speed up.

“Right now, nobody buys DVD, we live in a digital world where people watch movies online, you need to get a platform where people can view your movies. It’s no longer getting guys in traffic to sell DVDs. It’s all about marketing.” Osei said on Hitz FM

“People talk about the English-speaking movies going down but it will amaze you to know that the English Movie industry has really picked up in a very fast pace. You’ve no idea of the kind of movies coming out this year. Personally, when I got back to Ghana in March, I’ve shot about six movies and I keep shooting.

“Maybe story-wise, people have become fed-up with the normal insults and they want different storylines and that is what happened to our English Movies, we lost it when we started telling just the love stories but right now we’ve moved on. We are tackling societal issues and doing more comedy movies. People are tired of serious drama and love movies.

“There’s a transition now with the English Movies and that is what the Kumawood people need to do. Obviously if you keep serving people the same meal every time, at the point they get tired enjoying same meal every day.

“It’s not like someone wants to invade the space of others. When the English movies was down, everyone was praising the Kumawood industry because they kept the forte but right now where are the Kumawood movies.” Prince David Osei added.