Yvonne Nelson has revealed that her boldness and desire to speak up against injustice in the movie industry led to a targeted attempt by the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) to sabotage her career.
Speaking on Joy News’ The Career Trail show, the actress disclosed that she was banned by the association simply for being vocal about issues affecting the industry, especially because she was a woman.
“I was banned by a group of men in the industry. They call themselves FIPAG. Something happened on set and they got together. When you are a woman and you are vocal.
When you are unhappy with things around you, and you want to talk about them, people just don’t like that. They feel you just came into the industry.
Why are you talking too much, why are you complaining too much. That was what I faced, because they felt like I complained about everything that I was unhappy about.
I believe in their minds, they wanted to intimidate, they wanted to end my dreams, they wanted to teach me a lesson, and they wanted to silence me as a young girl in the industry. I just decided that I can do my own thing. I can produce my own movies. Why don’t I try? So, I registered a company around that time and I started producing my movies.
I met a gentleman named, Kelvin Kobri. He is into ministry now. He believed in me just like Abdul Salam believed in me. He funded my first 2 to 3 movies.”
The entire project, an effort that came with significant financial and emotional cost.
