Teen Show educates kids on Ghanaian history
Airing from the first quarter of 2020, the Teen Show will seek to tell Ghanaian folktales in an educative and entertaining manner using child actors.
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Besides Teen Show, Mcjude Empire and the Move Multimedia have already produced and premiered movies of some historical Ghanaian figures including Yaa Asantewaa and King Agorkorli with the story of Okomfo Anokye currently in pre-production.
Featuring a pool of new and up and coming actors and actresses from the Greater Accra, Central and the Volta regions, producers of the show also seek to use Teen Show to hunt for other young talents to meet the needs of the Ghanaian movie industry.
The movies, aside from helping to grow the creative industry in Ghana, are also targeted at arresting the gradual decline of interest in Ghana’s culture among the youth.
The Chief Executive Officer of Mcjude Empire, McJude Gborwoko Apedo, said today’s generation must learn from history, the strength and weaknesses of their ancestors as well as their vision and mission as leaders to enable them to build a better tomorrow.
“Nobody can tell our stories to our children better than ourselves.
We have a rich culture and moral values; only we can preserve them,” he said.
“We cast children for our movies and premiere the films in the cinemas for the children. We want the children to identify with their own history and heritage and the best way to get them to show interest in their own history,” he said.
He added that the ultimate goal of the project was to eventually get the production shown on national television along with panel discussions to review the facts and lore behind such famous stories.