{"id":20935,"date":"2021-06-17T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-african-creators-set-disney\/"},"modified":"2021-06-17T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:18:09","slug":"animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Animated Anthology Series from African Creators Set for Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Disney+ original anthology series <em>Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire<\/em> will feature the work of creators from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>This ten-part sci-fi series will take viewers on an entertaining ride into Africa\u2019s future. Inspired by the continent\u2019s diverse histories and cultures, the stories present bold visions of advanced technology, aliens, spirits and monsters imagined from uniquely African perspectives. Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey (<em>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>) will serve as executive producer for the anthology.<\/p>\n<p>Triggerfish will be the lead studio for <em>Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire<\/em>, working in collaboration with animation studios across the continent and globally. Tendayi Nyeke and Anthony Silverston as supervising producers on the anthology series.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Paull, president of Disney+ and ESPN+ at The Walt Disney Company, said: \u201cWe are bringing the work of a visionary new generation of African filmmakers to Disney+. In addition to delivering thrilling animation for fans of all ages, this collection of ten original films taps into the Afrofuturism phenomenon which was turbo-charged by Marvel\u2019s <em>Black Panther<\/em> and reflects Disney\u2019s ongoing commitment to partnering with leading global talent to tell the stories of the world from fresh and authentic points of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tendayi Nyeke, supervising producer from Triggerfish, said: \u201c&#8217;Kizazi Moto&#8217; derives from the Swahili phrase \u2018kizazi cha moto,\u2019 which literally translates as \u2018fire generation\u2019, capturing the passion, innovation and excitement this new cohort of African filmmakers is ready to bring to the world. \u2018Moto\u2019 also means fire in several other African languages, from Rwanda\u2019s Kinyarwanda to Shona, a Zimbabwean language, speaking to the pan-African spirit we hope this anthology embodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peter Ramsey, executive producer, added: \u201cI\u2019m really pleased to part of a ground-breaking, fresh and exciting project that\u2019s aimed at exposing the world to a whole new wave of creativity and invention from a place that is just ready to explode onto the world animation scene. The films in the anthology kind of run the gamut when it comes to science fiction. There are stories that touch on other worlds, time travel, and alien beings, but all of these genre conventions are seen through an African lens that makes them totally new. I can\u2019t wait for people to have their minds blown and say \u2018I want more!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Disney+ original anthology series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire will feature the work of creators from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":20936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[110,6060],"class_list":["post-20935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney","tag-kizazi-moto-generation-fire","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Animated Anthology Series from African Creators Set for Disney+ - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Animated Anthology Series from African Creators Set for Disney+ - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Disney+ original anthology series Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire will feature the work of creators from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Egypt.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-17T13:17:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-17T15:18:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Kizazi-Moto-Generation-Fire-621.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/\",\"name\":\"Animated Anthology Series from African Creators Set for Disney+ - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-17T13:17:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-17T15:18:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/animated-anthology-series-from-african-creators-set-for-disney\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Animated Anthology Series from African Creators Set for Disney+\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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