Socrate Safo
The Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, in accordance with the Development & Classification of Film Act 2016, has Film producer, Socrate Safo, to serve as Chairman of the Film Classification Committee of the National Film Authority.
Mr Safo is the Director of Creative Arts responsible for Programmes & Projects at the Commission for National Culture.
He is one of the creative arts stakeholders who openly lent support to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) prior to the 2016 elections.
The movie producer confirmed his appointment during an interview on Best Entertainment Show on Okay FM, an Accra based radio station, yesterday.
His role, among others, is to spearhead the committee in ensuring an effective classification of films and audio-visual content that comes into the Ghanaian market and our media landscape.
By virtue of being nominated by the minister, the venerated movie maker automatically assumes the role of chairman per provisions in the Film Act 2016, Section 8(2)(a).
Members of the committee are being nominated by the institutions within and outside the film industry of Ghana as stipulated in the Act – including the Film Producers Association of Ghana, the National Film & Television institute and the Copyright Office.
Representatives are also to be nominated from the Ghana Police Service, the Information Services Department, the Christian Council of Ghana, Federation of Muslim Councils, Traditional Religious Authorities, the National House of Chiefs and the Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Protection.
Mr Safo, who is the head of Move Africa Productions, is credited with movies such as Hot Fork, Love and Sex, Sexy Angel and God is Wicked.