Point is, after the Luncheon, I learnt that we need to come together. Not just to blacklist crackpot production houses [you know yourselves...] and boycott the timewasters but also to just stand and make our voices heard and to collaborate for the betterment of this industry and our own individual art! Francis Atwoli is one of Kenya's most powerful men because he is the face of COTU. If as actors and writers we were unified against theft of ideas and money and underpayment and things of that nature, we could be a force far stronger than anything this country has ever seen! In the unity, we will grow what is our voice and develop our own individual cinema / theatre / tv model that is ours and is international...Collaboration...I find that this is a word that Kenyan artists seem to be afraid of!!! Yet we should not be afraid of collaboration. We should be embracing it and learning from each other...so that we know how to grow our art. Of course, that doesn't mean you should steal from your fellow artist,it just means that you should be willing to collaborate...and growJune Gachui gave the example of how in Australia, if a foreign actor is hired for a movie, the Australian actors [whether starring or extras] are paid an extra amount. These are all protections provided for by the union and the government. The government wont recognise we are a group worthy of its protection until we are a united force against the con persons!Something to think about...spread the word...we need to start standing united...we need to be that united voice so that when they start making legislation that concerns us, we have the ability to stand up and tell them how to do it...and can help guide the newbies to a better place...and stop them from having to face the rubbish we have had to faceUnited we stand...Divided we fall...cliche I know but in this time, it is appropriate....This is our Moment!Shouted by Charles J.Ouda
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
ACTORS,STAND UNITED
I would like to bring something to the attention of everyone...and you can spread this to other cats who feel themselves actors and crew personnel. The Government needs help! What I mean is that they don't know we exist because we are not a united front. When the GOK wants to make laws to help protect your copyright or you as an actor in whatever way possible,they don't know who to speak to because there are thousands of us but no united front for all actors...
Point is, after the Luncheon, I learnt that we need to come together. Not just to blacklist crackpot production houses [you know yourselves...] and boycott the timewasters but also to just stand and make our voices heard and to collaborate for the betterment of this industry and our own individual art! Francis Atwoli is one of Kenya's most powerful men because he is the face of COTU. If as actors and writers we were unified against theft of ideas and money and underpayment and things of that nature, we could be a force far stronger than anything this country has ever seen! In the unity, we will grow what is our voice and develop our own individual cinema / theatre / tv model that is ours and is international...Collaboration...I find that this is a word that Kenyan artists seem to be afraid of!!! Yet we should not be afraid of collaboration. We should be embracing it and learning from each other...so that we know how to grow our art. Of course, that doesn't mean you should steal from your fellow artist,it just means that you should be willing to collaborate...and growJune Gachui gave the example of how in Australia, if a foreign actor is hired for a movie, the Australian actors [whether starring or extras] are paid an extra amount. These are all protections provided for by the union and the government. The government wont recognise we are a group worthy of its protection until we are a united force against the con persons!Something to think about...spread the word...we need to start standing united...we need to be that united voice so that when they start making legislation that concerns us, we have the ability to stand up and tell them how to do it...and can help guide the newbies to a better place...and stop them from having to face the rubbish we have had to faceUnited we stand...Divided we fall...cliche I know but in this time, it is appropriate....This is our Moment!Shouted by Charles J.Ouda
Point is, after the Luncheon, I learnt that we need to come together. Not just to blacklist crackpot production houses [you know yourselves...] and boycott the timewasters but also to just stand and make our voices heard and to collaborate for the betterment of this industry and our own individual art! Francis Atwoli is one of Kenya's most powerful men because he is the face of COTU. If as actors and writers we were unified against theft of ideas and money and underpayment and things of that nature, we could be a force far stronger than anything this country has ever seen! In the unity, we will grow what is our voice and develop our own individual cinema / theatre / tv model that is ours and is international...Collaboration...I find that this is a word that Kenyan artists seem to be afraid of!!! Yet we should not be afraid of collaboration. We should be embracing it and learning from each other...so that we know how to grow our art. Of course, that doesn't mean you should steal from your fellow artist,it just means that you should be willing to collaborate...and growJune Gachui gave the example of how in Australia, if a foreign actor is hired for a movie, the Australian actors [whether starring or extras] are paid an extra amount. These are all protections provided for by the union and the government. The government wont recognise we are a group worthy of its protection until we are a united force against the con persons!Something to think about...spread the word...we need to start standing united...we need to be that united voice so that when they start making legislation that concerns us, we have the ability to stand up and tell them how to do it...and can help guide the newbies to a better place...and stop them from having to face the rubbish we have had to faceUnited we stand...Divided we fall...cliche I know but in this time, it is appropriate....This is our Moment!Shouted by Charles J.Ouda
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