A three-member US-based team led by a Los Angeles-born entrepreneur Nana Dakrabo I, also known as Michael B. Pratt, are in Ghana to facilitate the acquisition of a 321-acre land for the establishment of an international film studios and production house.
The project in partnership with WEG Studios in Washington DC, musician/producer Koby Maxwell and actor Michael Blackson is poised to capitalize on the African film market, gaining a large share of productions from neighboring countries, while simultaneously attracting productions from around the world.
It is aimed at unearthing potential and opportunities in African for the whole world.
The Dakrabo I Studios to be cited in the central region of Ghana, will showcase seven soundstages, a 240-acre backlot, a blue-screen water tank, a recording studio, pre and post-production facilities, screening theatres, a concert hall, office space, a hotel for cast and crews, and most importantly, a film and music school.
A Film & Music School
The initiators of the Dakrabo 1 Studios will create a space for creativity to thrive and give students hands-on training.
Their education and technology partners are working together to create an experience that allows industry-leading educators from Los Angeles to teach virtually in Ghana.
According to Nana Dakrabo I, it’s critical that aspiring professionals are properly trained on best practices and techniques directly from the industry’s practitioners.
This will allow professionals to create content at a caliber that rivals a Hollywood blockbuster; he emphasized.
Every building on the plot will be named after an influential African from around the world.
This is Nana’s way of honouring trailblazers to indicate that the project will be possible because Africans around the world are uniting to move the continent forward.
The organizers are also ready to build a mini recording studio in Accra as a prelude to the main event in the central region.
Without a major production facility in Ghana, it is hard to come by potentials to compete on the world stage in entertainment.
The project wants to see professionals in all creative industry realize their ‘hollywood’ dreams without leaving the continent and to see a thriving entertainment industry, that attracts talents and attention from all over the world.
By Peter Quao Adattor
