She Creates Change
Animation / Documentary
Created by Nexus Studios and Room to Read
Dir. Martha Adams, Siqi Song, Neeraja Raj, Bonnie Taylor Forsyth, Hannah Lau-Walker, Prashanti Aswani and Claudia Chinyere Akole
Featuring Frieda Pinto, Charithra Chandran and Dilshad Vadsaria
Music by Lucie Treacher
Music Supervision by Brain Audio
Premiered on Discovery Asia, Warner Bros., Spring 2024
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A six part-docu series created to spotlight the important work of charity Room to Read. The episodes are comprised of an animated short with accompanying live action mini documentaries that feature the narratives of six courageous young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam, and feature voice over from world-class talent such as Freida Pinto and Charithra Chandran.
She Creates Change was creatively spearheaded by Emmy-winner Martha Adams, with each episode directed by collective of diverse women including Siqi Song, Neeraja Raj, Bonnie Taylor Forsyth, Hannah Lau-Walker, Prashanti Aswani and Claudia Chinyere Akole. Sound mix was by Ines Adriana.
She Creates Change premiered in March 2024 on Discovery Asia. You can watch snippets from the film and the trailer for the project (which has already received 21 Million views on YouTube) featuring an original song written and produced by Lucie and sung by Kenyan artist Karun with lyrics by poet Warsan Shire. You can also listen to the soundtrack on Spotify.