Ghanaian actress Gloria Sarfo has bitterly expressed her discontent about the current state of the Ghana movie industry, crying out, “What has happened to our industry??? Talents are BEING WASTED. Mercy, Lord,” she lamented.

Drawing comparisons to the growing and vibrant Nigerian movie industry, she chastised Ghanaian movie producers for the long time they take to produce a single movie, while producers in Nigeria release new films almost every week.

Taking to her Instagram page yesterday, July 15, she said that many talented Ghanaian actors are not getting the best of opportunities here, quizzing what went wrong in the once-booming and flourishing industry.

“Honestly, if you’re in Nigeria as an actor, you’d realise that you’ve REALLY WASTED YOUR TALENT back in Ghana,” she wrote. “As in, people are shooting daily, back to back, nonstop. Meanwhile, in my country, Ghana, producers STRUGGLE even to shoot one film in a year (sic).”

Her post was accompanied by another captioned which captured her lamentations about the many talents dying or being wasted in Ghana due t o limited to no opportunities to grow.

She added how many friends and other close associates always questioned her on why she was wasting her talent as an actress in Ghana.

“This MUST be looked at, seriously. Look there are lots and lots of talent wasting in Ghana year by year, trust me,” she wrote.

“I’m just here recommending people left right centre, cos I KNOW what we have back in my country, I KNOOOOOOOOOOOW,” Gloria intimated.

She praised the opportunities available in Nigeria, where she believes many Ghanaian talents could thrive with the right support.

“Great great talents, who’ll do exceptionally WELL in Nigeria meeeehn. And there are people to PUSH THEM too. But in our CASE… Oh my HEART,” she added.

Sarfo also reflected on the past, saying the situation was once the opposite. “It was the other way round just some few years ago, so WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. Or is it the NUMBERS, or WHAT?” she asked.

She then went on to call on Ghanaian actors to take the necessary steps to awaken the Ghanaian movie industry again.