Tyler Perry’s most recent motion picture did not as it were pick up footing in Hollywood—it made a worldwide wave that cleared through Ghana as well.
Many Ghanaian motion picture partners, pundits, and film buffs took to different media stages to comment on or examine the film upon its release.
While a few lauded Straw for its storyline, which they said highlighted the challenges confronted by single guardians, others censured it as another illustration of Perry’s overindulgence in sensationalism.
Speaking to Doreen Avio on Hitz FM’s Sunrise Hitz, film maker and chief Shirley Frimpong-Manso communicated her dissatisfaction over what she depicted as the Ghanaian media’s intemperate center on Straw.
She contended that if neighborhood producers gotten the same consideration, it would go a long way to advance and support the Ghanaian film industry.
“Why are we talking approximately Tyler Perry’s motion picture when we seem effectively have that same consideration come to a Shirley Frimpong-Manso movie?” she questioned.
Shirley deplored that in spite of reliably creating high-quality movies, her works—and those of other neighborhood filmmakers—are regularly overlooked.
“We have put movies out there that fundamentally look at a part of things. We discharged a film called Chasing Cradlesong on Mother’s Day. It’s a film we shot a few a long time back and discharged on our YouTube page—and you ought to see the film. It’s a lovely story that talks around moms in all shapes. But I didn’t see the media choose it up and make a entire tune and move around it like they are doing with Tyler Perry’s motion picture. He doesn’t care around us,” she said.
Shirley, who has been in the filmmaking industry for 17 a long time, is broadly respected as one of Ghana’s beat directors.
On 25th February 2025, she propelled Sparrow Station, a YouTube channel devoted to exhibiting her film productions.
She is known for a few acclaimed motion pictures counting Idealize Picture, Disdained, Life and Living It, 6 Hours to Christmas, A Sting in a Tale, and Checkmate.