Zimbabwean film-makers must specialise in order to use their skill and talent in the most effective way, local veteran actor Stephen Chigorimbo has said.
By Tapiwa Zivira
Speaking on the sidelines of a Media Diversity Campaign workshop on Online Film and Television Distribution held in Harare last Wednesday, the former Studio 263 star said: “Everybody who has made their film want to be the ones distributing it; that will not work. That is where we have complications at the moment among the film practitioners. Film-makers need to focus on their roles to enhance efficiency.”
Chigorimbo added that the country had vast talent, which could be fully exploited if film-makers organised themselves and established a well-coordinated chain of roles to avoid duplication.
He said the country also had opportunities for investment in film infrastructure such as studios.
The one-day workshop was co-sponsored by the embassies of Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, and partnered by Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of The Standard, NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and Southern Eye.
