Socrate Safo
Movie producer, Socrate Safo, has declined confirming or denying any allegation that he invited celebrated actress, Yvonne Nelson to dinner.
In Yvonne’s memoir, titled “I Am Not Yvonne Nelson,” she mentioned that the ‘Hot Fork’ producer once asked her out for dinner, but she didn’t explain further.
In chapter 7 of the book, she detailed circumstances that led to her ban by the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) in 2010.
Socrate Safo was one of the members of the association who later expressed disappointment in Abdul Salam Mumuni, a producer who instigated her ban.
Yvonne was, at the time, banned over claims that she was a “disrespectful and ungrateful actress fighting those who had made her who
she is.”
But in her book, she defended that her crime was that she had told Abdul Salam that she wouldn’t be available for a shoot because, on two occasions, she missed classes and interim assessment to avail herself for the shoot only to be told one of the lead characters did not show up.
On page 86 of the book, Yvonne mentioned that, “Within that year, however, there were cracks in the ranks of the producers. David Owusu of Media Five Productions defied the ban and cast me in a movie, but he was not allowed to release it until the ban was over.”
She continued, “Abdul Salam, who had instigated the ban came to me to patch things up. He said we should leave the past behind us and work together. With him, I shot two movies. This was without the knowledge of the other producers because the ban was still in place. Socrates Safo, a producer who asked me out for dinner, told me how he was disappointed in the actions of Abdul Salam.”
In an interview on UTV’s United Showbiz on Saturday, Safo decided not to speak to the issue of dinner invitation. According to him, he was also going to capture his response in his book.