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Charamba slams promoters over foreign artistes
01 Nov 2013 at 08:20hrs | Views
MEDIA, Information and Broadcasting Services ministry secretary George Charamba has lambasted arts promoters for supporting foreign artistes at the expense of local talent.
Charamba made the remarks in his speech as guest of honour at the premiere of the second part of the popular comic drama Sabhuku Vharazipi on Wednesday night at Ster-Kinekor in Harare.
"You pay $30 000 to mediocre international acts and give $100 to local artists. We need a sense of self-belief in our own talent," Charamba said.
Charamba's statement came barely a week after visiting Nigerian musician D'Banj, who is rated among the most expensive acts in Africa, put up a poor performance while local acts shone at the Glamis Arena during the Lion Lager Summer Beer Festival.
The much-awaited second part of the popular comic drama Sabhuku Vharazipi premiered under the theme Say no to Piracy, Buy Original.
The play is a socio-political comedy touching on several issues among them corruption, hunger and simplicity of village life.
It revolves around Sabhuku Vharazipi, a corrupt headman who manipulates the distribution of food and other inputs in his area, to get whatever he wanted, including women.
The headman abuses his position to seek sexual favours from the women in the village as well as gaining political mileage. The second part of the series would likely thrill film lovers as it takes the comic scenes founded in the first production to another level.
Speaking at the premiere David Mubaiwa, who acts as Sabhuku Vharazipi, said they wanted to capitalise on this project since they did not reap anything from their previous production as a result of piracy.
"I am very grateful to Culture Fund that instilled hope and confidence in us through funding our project.
"We will ensure we get something from it through the cinema run before piracy hits us."
Charamba made the remarks in his speech as guest of honour at the premiere of the second part of the popular comic drama Sabhuku Vharazipi on Wednesday night at Ster-Kinekor in Harare.
"You pay $30 000 to mediocre international acts and give $100 to local artists. We need a sense of self-belief in our own talent," Charamba said.
Charamba's statement came barely a week after visiting Nigerian musician D'Banj, who is rated among the most expensive acts in Africa, put up a poor performance while local acts shone at the Glamis Arena during the Lion Lager Summer Beer Festival.
The much-awaited second part of the popular comic drama Sabhuku Vharazipi premiered under the theme Say no to Piracy, Buy Original.
The play is a socio-political comedy touching on several issues among them corruption, hunger and simplicity of village life.
It revolves around Sabhuku Vharazipi, a corrupt headman who manipulates the distribution of food and other inputs in his area, to get whatever he wanted, including women.
The headman abuses his position to seek sexual favours from the women in the village as well as gaining political mileage. The second part of the series would likely thrill film lovers as it takes the comic scenes founded in the first production to another level.
Speaking at the premiere David Mubaiwa, who acts as Sabhuku Vharazipi, said they wanted to capitalise on this project since they did not reap anything from their previous production as a result of piracy.
"I am very grateful to Culture Fund that instilled hope and confidence in us through funding our project.
"We will ensure we get something from it through the cinema run before piracy hits us."
Source - newsday
