The highly-acclaimed 1996 \u2018Deadly Voyage\u2019 movie, produced by Union Pictures and John Goldschmidt\u2019s Viva Films for joint distribution to BBC Films and HBO, has been said to have not achieved its intended impact.<\/p>\n
Veteran Ghanaian actor, David Dontoh who featured in the movie, says it is sad Ghanaians especially have not been convinced about the dangers involved in \u201cstowing away or migrating under illegal conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n
To him, the movie was a big piece of educational material for persons who wanted to seek greener pastures abroad through illegal means.<\/p>\n
He attributed the movie\u2019s seeming failure to the fact that most Ghanaians did not see it for its message.<\/p>\n
Explaining this to Y107.9FM\u2019s Myd Morning Radio show host, Rev Erskine, on the YLeaderboard Series, David Dontoh stated, \u201cThe story of the film didn\u2019t create the impact the way it was expected in Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey saw the movie because of the actors in there and didn\u2019t pay attention to the message. The focus was on the quality of the movie and but not the plight of stowaways.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, the film did not go around enough in Ghanaian cinemas apart from the message losing its import.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough the movie was shown several times on television, it was not a film that went round in cinemas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a contract with the guy who brought the story that after five years, he will have exclusive rights to show the movie in Africa or West Africa, and that led to people not getting the import of the film.\u201d<\/p>\n
He believes Ghanaians, regardless of many warnings against stowing away, still disregard them \u201cbecause they compare the two environments.<\/p>\n
They think if I go and get the chance to land there, then I will be in a better environment, and that is why people run away, and people drop dead in the Mediterranean and desert. They go because of the exigencies of life in their home country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hoping to find a better life, dockworker Kingsley Ofasa (Omar Epps) and eight other Ghanaian refugees stow away on a Ukrainian cargo ship headed for the United States via France.<\/p>\n
The ship\u2019s sailors discover the refugees when they search for water. However, because of an earlier violation in New York City, the captain told the crew that they would be responsible for any new fines.<\/p>\n
The crew decides to avoid any penalty by murdering the stowaways, who must fight to stay alive until docking in France.<\/p>\n
The movie starred Omar Epps as Kingsley Ofosu, Joss Ackland as the ship\u2019s captain, Sean Pertwee as Ion Plesin, David Suchet as Andreas Vlachos, David Dontoh, Oscar Provencal, Juliet Asante.<\/p>\n
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