WHAT LENS DO YOU VIEW AFRICA THROUGH?
What comes to mind when you envision a group of divers exploring the southern tips kelp forests, restoring East Africa’s coral reefs or filming wildlife in warm and wild forest and plains across the continent?
What do filmmakers, scientists, innovators and conservation heroes look like, sound like, and dress like?
Our Story Arc is a collection of stories that amplify, and powerfully celebrate some of the trailblazing, compelling, complex, funny, hopeful, nuanced, inspiring, passionate and hard-fought journeys of African storytellers, conservationists and scientists in the NEWF community - and far beyond.
Through these stories, we celebrate our collective agency, and seek to share the value of community-centric impact through warm, thought-provoking narratives that highlight the richly diverse cultures, multidisciplinary talent and Indigenous knowledge systems that play a significant role in the preservation of our wild spaces, species and the communities that coexist with them.
Travel across Africa alongside these storytellers, innovators and explorers; the curious creatives, passionate peers, and radical agents of change refocusing the narratives of Africa.
eThekwini Blue Economy Week
Last week, the NEWF Community took to Durban’s beachfront to participate in the eThekwini Blue Economy Week where Pragna Parsotam-Kok (Co-Founder and Executive Director of NEWF) went live on air with Cape Talk and Radio 702 to talk about the NEWF Community and how our vision and mission fit into the Blue Economy at a community and professional level.
Celebrating Impact Filmmakers at the 2024 Jackson Wild Media Awards
The Jackson Wild Media Awards is one of the most prestigious in nature and wildlife.Straight out of FAME Week, Noel and Pragna flew to Washington D.C. to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to filmmaker and conservationist, Mike Pandey.
And that’s a wrap on our first FAME Week!
FAME Week has been a whirlwind sharing NEWF’s programs and impact with visitors at our booth, in our sessions and during one-on-one exchanges. From VR and films, to unpacking labs and our Africa Refocused program; we are energised by the support for our vision, mission and an equitable future for African Storytellers.
How many African photographers and cinematographers have the opportunity to film wildlife off the continent?
While diversity in the wildlife film industry is growing, foreign talent still dominates production on the African continent. Kenyan Peter Ndung’u had the timely opportunity to join Gulo Film’s crew in Finland for 4 weeks.
Exploring the Future of Storytelling
This year has been electric with momentum! One of the most exciting events on our travel calendar is the National Geographic Society Explorers Festival - an opportunity to celebrate our community and see our dream of seeing diverse catalogues of authentic stories featuring a global melting pot of culture, language and community-inclusive impact come true.