Tag: film

Girl Rising, David Oyelowo, Andra Day and others join forces to end global gender inequality

Stuart Mitchell

This International Women’s Day, Girl Rising, the global campaign for girls’ education and empowerment, debuted the film Girl Rising: The Fifth Anniversary Edition. This special edition commemorates nine incredible girls whose lives have been changed by the power of education. Acclaimed actor David Oyelowo narrates this edition, which features voice performances from a host of actresses including Meryl Streep, Salma Hayek and Kerry Washington. “If we are going to create a more just and equal world, men and boys must be part of the solution,” Oyelowo explains. “That’s why I stand…

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New War Child Film highlights the psychological effects of war

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Warchild have launched a new film which highlights the devastating effects of war on childhood mental health and wellbeing. The video highlights the important issue of the strain that conflict can have on the mental health of children who have been affected by war, long after they have left the actual war zone. This film is viewed as part of the charities wider work prioritising the provision of mental health and psychosocial services for children affected by conflict, and their communities. This emotional film follows a small robot as…

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Surfers Against Sewage produce powerful campaign film highlighting Ocean Plastic Pollution

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean plastic pollution is one of the biggest global environmental threats of our age. It’s time to take a stand against throwaway plastic culture that is feeding the rise of Wasteland, a new ‘super-power’ threatening the world. There is a new ‘continent’ in the Pacific, a continent so vast and impenetrable that no explorer has yet fully mapped it. It’s called Wasteland. It has its allies grouping in the North Atlantic and other oceans gyres. Wasteland was not forged by a shift in tectonic plates, but simply, by us –…

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