Ghanaian actress and film producer Yvonne Nelson has talked about how her courage to speak against unfair practices in the movie industry led to an effort to harm her career by the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG).While on Joy News’ The Career Trail show, Yvonne shared that she was banned by the association because she openly discussed problems in the industry, particularly as a woman.
I was banned by a group of men in the industry. They call themselves FIPAG. Something happened on set and they got together. When you are a woman and you are vocal; when you are unhappy with things around you, and you want to talk about them, people just don’t like that. They feel you just came into the industry. Why are you talking too much, why are you complaining too much. That was what I faced, because they felt like I complained about everything that I was unhappy about.
She explained that the ban was a deliberate attempt by some people in the industry to block her goals.
In response, Yvonne took charge of her future by creating her own production company, YN Productions.
She started this venture with the support of friends and colleagues who believed in her dreams and wanted to help her succeed.
I believe in their minds, they wanted to intimidate, they wanted to end my dreams, they wanted to teach me a lesson, and they wanted to silence me as a young girl in the industry. I just decided that I can do my own thing. I can produce my own movies. Why don’t I try? So, I registered a company around that time and I started producing my movies.
I met a gentleman named, Kelvin Kobri. He is into ministry now. He believed in me just like Abdul Salam believed in me. He funded my first 2 to 3 movies.
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