Kehillah Studios

An academy established with the purpose of building a community of African/Black creatives who will promote African storytelling through animation, film and art/design. We also have the vision to empower African creatives who will bring to life African stories through animation, film and design both home and abroad. Kehillah Studios is a name of this project I initiated last year which would be a place where I plan to work on collaborative projects around animation and film in the future. At the moment, I'm working on the academy aspect of it where I plan to train black creatives who would like to be involved in any creative discipline such as Animation, Filmmaking, Games Art, Photography, Sound Design/Music Production and Graphic Design but are not limited to these. The training methods include hosting workshops, networking opportunities, development days and seminars around these fields. Our Aim: What we hope to achieve in Kehillah Studios/Academy is to create a community where African creatives, who are also believers, come together and produce creative visuals to promote African storytelling, christian values and moral ethics. Africa is a continent full of talent, rich in diverse cultures and traditions and own uniques stories that deserve a global recognition. We believe it is important to keep pushing African storytelling out through animation/filmmaking for African children to reduce their reliance on foreign content for entertainment and to have characters they can connect to and so they’ll not forget their African heritage. It’s also important to have original stories that can inform and teach westerners about the African culture and we'll have negative narratives of Africa reduced. This project is also open to experienced animators, filmmakers, photographers, musicians and graphic designers as we plan to collaborate with experienced creatives that will assist in providing knowledge and training based on their expertise and artistic background.