After the premiere, the lead Actress 'Nana Akua Addo expressed her gratitude to the former president for attending the premiere. “Well, the fact that the former president made it to the premiere is a big motivation not to me alone but the industry as a whole. Because most of the time we perceive that people at the top don't really show much interest in the Arts. We sometimes don't book them in our dealings. President Rawlings's coming to the premiere has helped clear that perception” she noted.
Ex-President Rawlings in an interview with the media expressed worry about what he describes as a false representation of real issues bedeviling the Ghanaian society in local movies. He challenged film makers to produce films that the public can identify with and not to lose touch with reality in their movies.
“I think what we ought to do is to be truthful to themselves, to be realistic as possible, bring things home to people. Don't over dramatize it, don't create undue melodrama because there is enough drama in our lives, there is enough pain in our lives” he said.
He also urged television stations across the country to help put the story of Nkuli out to educate the public, so that people can wake up to some of the realities that people go through, the violations that people would have to go through, the humiliations that people would have to go through and the consequences.
“In effect, let's begin to humanize ourselves. The HIV issue is a test on our conscience, on our manhood”. The Deputy High Commissioner of Zambia, Chola Chama also appealed to men to stop abusing women.
Meanwhile, internationally renowned evangelist, Dr Lawrence Tettey is optimistic there will be a cure for HIV soon. Nkuli (The Masked) tells the story of a young girl and her two siblings, Kwame and Gye Nyame who had to face the harsh realities of life after the untimely death of their parents.
They found themselves in the care of a wicked aunt who ushered Nkuli into prostitution, as a means of generating income for the family's upkeep – a step that led to her contracting HIV.
by Elvis Rancey Baidoo
