Lucid Pictures is currently working with Shikaya to produce a 3 hour multimedia workshop for over 300 high schools in the Western Cape, entitled ‘Up2Us’. The project features case studies that get learners grappling with leading a values-based life. Ultimately the purpose of the project is to create a compassionate society.
We’re creating a journey for learners, that takes stories about ordinary south africans who have stood up to peer pressure and apathy to make a difference in our society, infusing it with music, peppering it with life lessons from some of SA’s top celebs (including HHP, Bob Skinstad, The Parlotones and Connie Ferguson) and a dash of wisdom from our elders (including Ahmed Kathrada, Dennis Goldberg and Max du Preez) and shaking it up with a custom single produced by Aron Swartz (formerly of FreshlyGround) and a beautiful animation of ‘Fly Eagle, Fly!’ by Michael Clark, who also did the animation for ‘Tomorrow’s Cities‘. Here’s an excerpt: Read “It’s Up to Us” more