Room to Read, a global education nonprofit tackling illiteracy and gender inequality, announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery for the premiere of She Creates Change, the first nonprofit-led animation and live-action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the film series will premiere on Friday March 8, 15 and 22 to audiences in Asia. Episodes will air on the Discovery Asia channel in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and on the TLC and Discovery+ India channels in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini documentaries, She Creates Change features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment,...
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the film series will premiere on Friday March 8, 15 and 22 to audiences in Asia. Episodes will air on the Discovery Asia channel in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, and on the TLC and Discovery+ India channels in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini documentaries, She Creates Change features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. Discovery and Room to Read have partnered on “She Creates Change,” an animation and live-action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world.
Room to Read is a global education nonprofit aiming to creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini-documentaries, “She Creates Change” features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment, food scarcity or early marriage — by advocating for herself and her future.
Episodes feature voice performances by Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Charithra Chandran (“Bridgerton”), Prajakta Koli (“Mismatched”), Dilshad Vadsaria (“Cloak & Dagger”), Adhir Kalyan (“United States of AI”), Amita Suman (“Shadow and Bone”), Amrita Acharia (“Game of Thrones”) and Quyen Ngo...
Room to Read is a global education nonprofit aiming to creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini-documentaries, “She Creates Change” features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment, food scarcity or early marriage — by advocating for herself and her future.
Episodes feature voice performances by Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Charithra Chandran (“Bridgerton”), Prajakta Koli (“Mismatched”), Dilshad Vadsaria (“Cloak & Dagger”), Adhir Kalyan (“United States of AI”), Amita Suman (“Shadow and Bone”), Amrita Acharia (“Game of Thrones”) and Quyen Ngo...
- 3/1/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Freida Pinto is lending her voice to a new animated film project in honor of International Women’s Day.
She Creates Change is a new nonprofit-led animation and live action film project from global education organization Room to Read produced by Nexus Studios. The multi-media initiative, which spans a six-episode film series as well as books and audio stories, aims to promote gender equality through telling the stories of young women across the planet. It will initially be available in English, Hindi and Spanish with plans to translate it into dozens more languages and will be distributed across the world via Room to Read and educational partnerships. The project will also be released to general audiences in October.
The film series will be comprised of six animated shorts accompanied by live action mini documentaries. They will feature young women from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam who are...
She Creates Change is a new nonprofit-led animation and live action film project from global education organization Room to Read produced by Nexus Studios. The multi-media initiative, which spans a six-episode film series as well as books and audio stories, aims to promote gender equality through telling the stories of young women across the planet. It will initially be available in English, Hindi and Spanish with plans to translate it into dozens more languages and will be distributed across the world via Room to Read and educational partnerships. The project will also be released to general audiences in October.
The film series will be comprised of six animated shorts accompanied by live action mini documentaries. They will feature young women from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam who are...
- 3/6/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
After winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and a limited theatrical run, Nikyatu Jusu‘s acclaimed horror movie Nanny arrives on Prime Video tomorrow, December 16, 2022.
Ahead of tomorrow’s Prime Video release, Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive clip teasing the unsettling events haunting its eponymous nanny.
“Anna Diop (Us) stars as a Senegalese immigrant nanny working for a privileged couple in NYC. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, a violent presence invades her reality, threatening the American Dream she is painstakingly piecing together.”
In the clip, Aisha (Diop) gets out of the shower to sounds of whispers and a door creaking. No one answers. Then she notices something amiss in the mirror when she looks at her reflection.
Nanny introduces Senegalese folklore, blending it with the modern to explore Aisha’s horrifying and often heartbreaking story.
Ahead of tomorrow’s Prime Video release, Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive clip teasing the unsettling events haunting its eponymous nanny.
“Anna Diop (Us) stars as a Senegalese immigrant nanny working for a privileged couple in NYC. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, a violent presence invades her reality, threatening the American Dream she is painstakingly piecing together.”
In the clip, Aisha (Diop) gets out of the shower to sounds of whispers and a door creaking. No one answers. Then she notices something amiss in the mirror when she looks at her reflection.
Nanny introduces Senegalese folklore, blending it with the modern to explore Aisha’s horrifying and often heartbreaking story.
- 12/15/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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On Sept. 15, Propper Daley’s second A Day of Unreasonable Conversation gathering will return to Los Angeles, after being canceled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The invite-only event — produced in collaboration with social impact and culture change agency Invisible Hand — will take place at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and will feature a day full of programming designed to unite television creators (writers, producers, executives) with cultural changemakers to participate in conversations. Conversations will center on intellectual humility, mental health, social and economic division, reproductive rights, climate change, responsible tech, and more. These discussions, coupled with a networking reception to follow, are intended to positively influence future television storylines and help maintain authenticity in narratives seen on screen.
“Now more than ever, television creators are telling the stories that shape our culture and influence what we feel,...
On Sept. 15, Propper Daley’s second A Day of Unreasonable Conversation gathering will return to Los Angeles, after being canceled in both 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The invite-only event — produced in collaboration with social impact and culture change agency Invisible Hand — will take place at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and will feature a day full of programming designed to unite television creators (writers, producers, executives) with cultural changemakers to participate in conversations. Conversations will center on intellectual humility, mental health, social and economic division, reproductive rights, climate change, responsible tech, and more. These discussions, coupled with a networking reception to follow, are intended to positively influence future television storylines and help maintain authenticity in narratives seen on screen.
“Now more than ever, television creators are telling the stories that shape our culture and influence what we feel,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Evan Nicole Brown
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stay Gold Features and Topic Studios have teamed up to finance and produce Nanny, a horror film written and directed by Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, in her feature directorial debut. Nikkia Moulterie (Random Acts of Flyness) and Stay Gold’s Daniela Taplin Lundberg are producing the project, which will begin shooting this June in New York City.
The script landed on the 2020 Black List and was also selected for the 2019 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab & Summit, Sundance’s 2020 Writer’s Lab, and the 2020 Director’s Lab. Nanny, which is also being financed by LinLay, follows Aisha, an undocumented nanny caring for a privileged child on the Upper East Side of New York City. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, a violent supernatural presence invades her reality, threatening the American Dream she’s painstakingly pieced together.
Said Jusu,...
The script landed on the 2020 Black List and was also selected for the 2019 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab & Summit, Sundance’s 2020 Writer’s Lab, and the 2020 Director’s Lab. Nanny, which is also being financed by LinLay, follows Aisha, an undocumented nanny caring for a privileged child on the Upper East Side of New York City. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, a violent supernatural presence invades her reality, threatening the American Dream she’s painstakingly pieced together.
Said Jusu,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Beyoncé is offering up some more “Lemonade.”
Variety can exclusively reveal that the audio of Beyoncé’s 65-minute “Lemonade” film will drop across all music streaming services on Tuesday, April 23. The drop marks the third anniversary of the film’s debut on HBO. It’s also the first time all of Bey’s catalog is available for streaming.
The “Lemonade” film, which coincided with release of the album of the same name on April 23, 2016, also uses poetry written by Somali poet Warsan Shire that will be included in the new audio release.
Until now, the film was only available through Beyoncé’s co-owned streaming service Tidal. Divided into 11 chapters—”Intuition”, “Denial”, “Anger”, “Apathy”, “Emptiness”, “Accountability”, “Reformation”, “Forgiveness”, “Resurrection”, “Hope”, and “Redemption”—the film went on to earn four primetime Emmys.
“Lemonade,” Beyoncé’s second visual album, features guest vocals from The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White and James Blake. It...
Variety can exclusively reveal that the audio of Beyoncé’s 65-minute “Lemonade” film will drop across all music streaming services on Tuesday, April 23. The drop marks the third anniversary of the film’s debut on HBO. It’s also the first time all of Bey’s catalog is available for streaming.
The “Lemonade” film, which coincided with release of the album of the same name on April 23, 2016, also uses poetry written by Somali poet Warsan Shire that will be included in the new audio release.
Until now, the film was only available through Beyoncé’s co-owned streaming service Tidal. Divided into 11 chapters—”Intuition”, “Denial”, “Anger”, “Apathy”, “Emptiness”, “Accountability”, “Reformation”, “Forgiveness”, “Resurrection”, “Hope”, and “Redemption”—the film went on to earn four primetime Emmys.
“Lemonade,” Beyoncé’s second visual album, features guest vocals from The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Jack White and James Blake. It...
- 4/17/2019
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Tessa Thompson, David Oyelowo and poet Warsan Shire collaborate in Girl Rising’s newest film, Brave Girl Rising
Girl Rising, the nonprofit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, today released the trailer for the upcoming short film, Brave Girl Rising, which will debut on International Women’s Day, 2019.
The 20-minute film, written by a refugee, performed by a cast of refugees, and made in collaboration with refugees, is about how hope, love, and friendship can propel us beyond even the most bleak of circumstances. It tells the story of Nasro, a 17-year-old girl whose courageous drive to continue her education is inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends. Brave Girl Rising will debut Friday, March 8, here.
The film was made in collaboration with The International Rescue Committee, whose Women’s Protection and Empowerment programs support Nasro in Dadaab refugee camp,...
Girl Rising, the nonprofit behind the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, today released the trailer for the upcoming short film, Brave Girl Rising, which will debut on International Women’s Day, 2019.
The 20-minute film, written by a refugee, performed by a cast of refugees, and made in collaboration with refugees, is about how hope, love, and friendship can propel us beyond even the most bleak of circumstances. It tells the story of Nasro, a 17-year-old girl whose courageous drive to continue her education is inspired by the magical dreams of her mother and the sisterhood of her friends. Brave Girl Rising will debut Friday, March 8, here.
The film was made in collaboration with The International Rescue Committee, whose Women’s Protection and Empowerment programs support Nasro in Dadaab refugee camp,...
- 2/28/2019
- Look to the Stars
Beyoncé is making her Lemonade even sweeter.
In a new limited-edition vinyl box set, How to Make Lemonade, the star, 35, gives her fans an in-depth look at her hit visual album with never-before-seen photos that show “the inspiration and themes behind some of the film’s most provocative and cryptic moments,” according to a press release.
The 600-page hardcover coffee table book includes Beyoncé’s personal writings and lyrics interwoven throughout, as well as vintage-feel family photographs such as husband Jay-Z cuddling with the pair’s 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, Blue posing with Aunt Solange, pictures of Queen Bey performing...
In a new limited-edition vinyl box set, How to Make Lemonade, the star, 35, gives her fans an in-depth look at her hit visual album with never-before-seen photos that show “the inspiration and themes behind some of the film’s most provocative and cryptic moments,” according to a press release.
The 600-page hardcover coffee table book includes Beyoncé’s personal writings and lyrics interwoven throughout, as well as vintage-feel family photographs such as husband Jay-Z cuddling with the pair’s 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy, Blue posing with Aunt Solange, pictures of Queen Bey performing...
- 8/17/2017
- by Nicole Sands
- PEOPLE.com
We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. - The Carters A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am Pst On Wednesday, Feb. 1, Beyoncé dropped her biggest surprise yet by announcing that she's pregnant - with Twins! The Lemonade singer took to social media to share the news and, of course, broke the internet when it became the most-liked photo on Instagram, ever. But the biggest question on everyone's mind is most likely "When is Beyoncé due?" Well, we may just have the answer for you, according to these important hints dropped by Beyoncé herself. ⚫⚫⚫ pic.twitter.com/XGAnm8LPmr - BEYONCÉ Legion (@Bey_Legion) October 5, 2016 In October 2016, Beyoncé posted a photo of a new tattoo with three dots on her ring finger,...
- 6/7/2017
- by Terry Carter
- Popsugar.com
If you can't stop thinking about all things Beyoncé, you are not alone. As if the Grammy winner's announcement that she was expecting twins wasn't exciting enough, the "Single Ladies" singer decided to drop another surprise to her fans Thursday. Who's crazy in love with Beyoncé's maternity photo shoot? More than a dozen new pregnancy photos surfaced on her website with the simple message, "I have three hearts." She also included a poem written by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire. "Venus has flooded me, second planet from the sun, i wake up on her foamy shore," the poem read. "She wants to take me to meet my children. I've done this before...
- 2/2/2017
- E! Online
As fans struggle to recover from Beyoncé‘s Internet-breaking baby announcement, the Queen Bey has delivered another blow in the form of a stunning pregnancy photo album.
The 35-year-old gave fans an intimate look at her second journey to motherhood, posting a stunning, belly-baring photo album to her website.
She titled the album, “I Have Three Hearts,” referring to her own heart along with that of the twins growing inside her belly.
I have just been alerted to the fact that there are more photos on Beyonce's website (thank you @sillyolddaniel). pic.twitter.com/04PCEG4sFT
— Rachel McGrath (@RachelMcGrath) February 2, 2017
In one photo,...
The 35-year-old gave fans an intimate look at her second journey to motherhood, posting a stunning, belly-baring photo album to her website.
She titled the album, “I Have Three Hearts,” referring to her own heart along with that of the twins growing inside her belly.
I have just been alerted to the fact that there are more photos on Beyonce's website (thank you @sillyolddaniel). pic.twitter.com/04PCEG4sFT
— Rachel McGrath (@RachelMcGrath) February 2, 2017
In one photo,...
- 2/2/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Our 22 Favorite Movies Directed by Women in 2016Looking to support great female-directed films? Start here.
Over the years, we’ve heard from our readers that one of the most important things we can do is to help you discover movies that may have slipped by mainstream audiences. And often just as important, our readers ask that we highlight voices that are in the minority in Hollywood. While we’re known for not taking ourselves very seriously, we take this part of our work seriously. Because as many studies have shown, there are some voices that aren’t as well-represented as others. Them’s the facts.
Beyond that, our team has a passion for seeking out and celebrating films directed by women. This is where we often find, as you’re about to see in this list, some of the most unique and interesting stories in the whole of cinema. Another thing we hear often from readers is...
Over the years, we’ve heard from our readers that one of the most important things we can do is to help you discover movies that may have slipped by mainstream audiences. And often just as important, our readers ask that we highlight voices that are in the minority in Hollywood. While we’re known for not taking ourselves very seriously, we take this part of our work seriously. Because as many studies have shown, there are some voices that aren’t as well-represented as others. Them’s the facts.
Beyond that, our team has a passion for seeking out and celebrating films directed by women. This is where we often find, as you’re about to see in this list, some of the most unique and interesting stories in the whole of cinema. Another thing we hear often from readers is...
- 1/18/2017
- by Film School Rejects
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show Monday with a short, but literal parody of Beyoncé's epic live recreation of Lemonade at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Donning a similar southern gothic outfit, the host placed himself onstage beside Bey and added some extra in-verse lines to Warsan Shire's Lemonade poetry. "But doors lead to trap doors/ A stairway leads to nothing," Beyoncé recited. "I had to climb out the window just to get to work this morning/ It's ridiculous," Colbert replied.
But amidst the opening vocal cues of "Pray You Catch Me,...
Donning a similar southern gothic outfit, the host placed himself onstage beside Bey and added some extra in-verse lines to Warsan Shire's Lemonade poetry. "But doors lead to trap doors/ A stairway leads to nothing," Beyoncé recited. "I had to climb out the window just to get to work this morning/ It's ridiculous," Colbert replied.
But amidst the opening vocal cues of "Pray You Catch Me,...
- 8/30/2016
- Rollingstone.com
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This week on the show, guest host Eric Heisserer (Lights Out, Hours) offers a revolutionary way of thinking about horror screenwriting, talks about adapting a one-punchline short film into a feature and answers a few listener questions about when to introduce the big baddie.
Intro [0:00–1:45], going from short film to feature [1:45–5:30], connections to The Babadook/the James Wan masterclass [5:30–7:45], getting the gig/building community [7:45–12:00], perils of the first-time director [12:00–16:30], using metaphor for character description [16:30–17:30], how late is too late to introduce your monster? [17:30–24:45], how scary can your fonts be? [24:45–25:30], has the wave crested on zombie movies? [25:30–29:00], a...
A professional screenwriter (Geoff) and professional film critic (Scott) explore the latest Hollywood trends, debate the classics and offer screenwriting advice to the aspirational. Prepare to stay topical.
July 14, 2016Vomit Draft 18: What’s Horror Without the Drama?https://medium.com/media/d6067b2a70d052e6b6b6cc2558445d0f/href
This week on the show, guest host Eric Heisserer (Lights Out, Hours) offers a revolutionary way of thinking about horror screenwriting, talks about adapting a one-punchline short film into a feature and answers a few listener questions about when to introduce the big baddie.
Intro [0:00–1:45], going from short film to feature [1:45–5:30], connections to The Babadook/the James Wan masterclass [5:30–7:45], getting the gig/building community [7:45–12:00], perils of the first-time director [12:00–16:30], using metaphor for character description [16:30–17:30], how late is too late to introduce your monster? [17:30–24:45], how scary can your fonts be? [24:45–25:30], has the wave crested on zombie movies? [25:30–29:00], a...
- 7/14/2016
- by Broken Projector
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It would be insufficient, writes Carrie Battan, to call Beyoncé’s Lemonade an album: “The project is also a piece of spoken word, a narrative film, a map of cultural reference points, and a window into the soul of an icon whose inner life has always seemed just out of reach.” Battan’s description hints at what has so excited the Internet in the week and a half since Lemonade’s release: it’s not only a new Beyoncé album—it’s also her most personal work yet, and one that, as Ash Sarkar notes at the London Review of Books, is uniquely political:“How has this happened? How has Beyoncé engendered such a deep sense of solidarity among women and the marginalised? Most reviewers have pointed out that Lemonade is Beyoncé’s most personal and political work to date, but few have interrogated how the album moves between the two.
- 5/4/2016
- MUBI
Beyoncé's Lemonade may be a visual album but it still has fans hanging on to the singer's every word - thanks in part to the award-winning poetry of 27-year-old Somali-Brit Warsan Shire. Shire, a writer who was born in Kenya to Somali parents and raised in London, is by no means an unknown. But the prominent role her work plays in Beyoncé's headline-making album (Shire is credited with "film adaptation and poetry") has landed her in the global spotlight. Lemonade dips into the well of Shire's previously published poems like "the unbearable weight of staying - (the end...
- 4/29/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Beyoncé's Lemonade may be a visual album but it still has fans hanging on to the singer's every word - thanks in part to the award-winning poetry of 27-year-old Somali-Brit Warsan Shire. Shire, a writer who was born in Kenya to Somali parents and raised in London, is by no means an unknown. But the prominent role her work plays in Beyoncé's headline-making album (Shire is credited with "film adaptation and poetry") has landed her in the global spotlight. Lemonade dips into the well of Shire's previously published poems like "the unbearable weight of staying - (the end...
- 4/29/2016
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- PEOPLE.com
Is it okay for a critic to say, “I respect this work of art, and I am not fully qualified to speak to the profundity of the text?” Because that’s where I find myself with Beyonce’s Lemonade, a remarkable visual album that she released under a cloak of complete secrecy last night. HBO made the one-hour program available twice on their channel during their free-preview-weekend, and it was also available for 24 hours via HBO Now, the app that I have. I don’t have cable, and I don’t like cable. I want the right to consume things a la carte, and anything I can do to support that media model, I do. I will pay providers for content, but I want to do it the way I want to do it. Because it was on HBO Now, I’ve been able to watch the film repeatedly, stopping it,...
- 4/24/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
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