I sing of a Well - Trailer Premiere
By Joy Della OclooFilm/TV Workshop | Sat, 12 Sep 2009
Naijarules beat me to it. I was supposed to have released this first! But I still love them though.
The much awaited I sing of a Well is out and ready to take the film industry by storm. It was directed by a woman after my heart; I doff my heart to her and I am positve that the sky is beyond her limit. She provided the link to the trailer and granted a brief but extremly enlightening phone interview. After reading the interview, you can either love her more or hate her more. She is frank, open and does not mince words.
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JDO: Thanks for allowing me premiere the trailer
LD: Thank you for the free publicity my dear! (laughs)
JDO: I Sing of a Well? it sounds like a metaphorical title...if I can use such a statement, I have not seen the movie yet.
LD: no, Symbolic.
JDO: to the story?
LD: A bit...as much as possible. be the judge after you watch.
JDO: how long did it take you to work on it?
LD: I wrote it back in college for a friend to animate, about 3 years back. took me two weeks to dust it off for shoot.
JDO: Why epic?
LD: You know, I have been asked that question so many times and I am so tired of answering it already. Why not epic if you want to call it that. When I say epic I think of something more grandiose. Maybe I'll call the upcoming sequel an epic.
JDO: Oh yes, you mentioned its a trilogy
LD: yes, Legion of Slaves trilogy. intra-african slave trade right before the slave trade we all know. Hopefully we shoot the sequel by the end of next year.
JDO: But why make such a genre?
LD: I did not go on a path to make that genre. It's more of the story I chose to shoot in the moment. Akofa and I wanted something small, light, easy and most importantly fun to shoot.
JDO: but from the photos and the trailer I see, it was grand. epic.
LD: not to me it wasn't. Everything about it was simple. I guess a lot of people in Ghana are terming it grand because it is different to an extent. Things were done differently.
JDO: Something more contemporary will have been simpler than this though and easier. Continued
The much awaited I sing of a Well is out and ready to take the film industry by storm. It was directed by a woman after my heart; I doff my heart to her and I am positve that the sky is beyond her limit. She provided the link to the trailer and granted a brief but extremly enlightening phone interview. After reading the interview, you can either love her more or hate her more. She is frank, open and does not mince words.
enjoy
JDO: Thanks for allowing me premiere the trailer
LD: Thank you for the free publicity my dear! (laughs)
JDO: I Sing of a Well? it sounds like a metaphorical title...if I can use such a statement, I have not seen the movie yet.
LD: no, Symbolic.
JDO: to the story?
LD: A bit...as much as possible. be the judge after you watch.
JDO: how long did it take you to work on it?
LD: I wrote it back in college for a friend to animate, about 3 years back. took me two weeks to dust it off for shoot.
JDO: Why epic?
LD: You know, I have been asked that question so many times and I am so tired of answering it already. Why not epic if you want to call it that. When I say epic I think of something more grandiose. Maybe I'll call the upcoming sequel an epic.
JDO: Oh yes, you mentioned its a trilogy
LD: yes, Legion of Slaves trilogy. intra-african slave trade right before the slave trade we all know. Hopefully we shoot the sequel by the end of next year.
JDO: But why make such a genre?
LD: I did not go on a path to make that genre. It's more of the story I chose to shoot in the moment. Akofa and I wanted something small, light, easy and most importantly fun to shoot.
JDO: but from the photos and the trailer I see, it was grand. epic.
LD: not to me it wasn't. Everything about it was simple. I guess a lot of people in Ghana are terming it grand because it is different to an extent. Things were done differently.
JDO: Something more contemporary will have been simpler than this though and easier. Continued
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Oluwaseun | NY-NYC (United States) | 9/12/2009 1:21:00 PM
hia! grammer upon grammer. wey the movie come fine for top! abeg no shaking. Ghana dey go o!!
go africa
ghanachick | berlin-germany (Germany) | 9/12/2009 2:10:00 PM
i cant wait for dis movies to be out.dis movie is nt only for ghanain but for all africans so let appreciate it nd stop criticizen...proud to be an african.peace
LEILA "SINGS OF HERSELF"!!!!
Jonathan | Accra-Ghana (Ghana) | 9/12/2009 4:14:00 PM
Yep, it is true....She is arrogant and sassy...I don't know LD in person but after reading this whole interview, I am convinced she is truly insolent...Just listen to her:.... "I am getting sick of this so much…I graduated from college barely 2 years ago, my student loans remind me of that; give me a minute ok. What is it that they have achieved? By the sheer Grace of God I am doing much better than most people I started with considering where I came from. Who made them judge of anyone’s success anyway? Who are they, officials of the Guinness book of records? This pull her down syndrome among us Africans makes me sick to my stomach! The only people you hear such crap from are the same people you share something common with. It's just terrible."If not for anything at all, I don't expect a public figure like her to express her sentiments in such high emotional tones....She must not forget that the people she is lambasting are the same people who will patronise her movies....Your critics and "judges" determine your success in the movie business because the fact that they even read about your interview means a lot to you.......She is even grateful for getting "free press" and yet she every line she spits out glorifies herself...I am not hating her..Infact, I love her efforts in attempting to raise the stakes of Ghanaian movies but I just detest the personality she portrayed in this interview....Personally, I think she is what other forumites say she is....Tell LD, Joy, that there is a difference between "Criticism" and "Persecution"...She must learn to differentiate between the two before attacking her "critics"....That goes to you too Joy.
