The Spirits & Black Lioness

Production note

The project ‘The Spirits & Black Lioness’ was selected in 2021 by myself as a producer to change the way that we produce and identify our stories as africans. The project stood out and made an impact to me, looking at the bigger picture of how as black people we need to represent ourselves and support these ideas.

Na Aap Productions having started focusing on animation in 2020 identified an opportunity to work with storytellers and using the knowledge that we have built in the last year. It has become clear that we needed to find the balance of highlighting more female stories including introducing more woman to the industry, finding the balance of indigenous identities that also needed a seat at the table. For many moons storytelling was the way that we communicated and taught our children, passing down culture and traditions. And with that we lost so much ownership to our identity and the images that we see on television. As a 100% black female owned production company, we want to be apart of the change that we want to see in the eyes of our children and the economy.