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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>With a view to extending its reach into Africa, the Disney+ platform is releasing \u201cKizazi Moto: Ge\u0301ne\u0301ration Feu\u201d on Wednesday, a series of sci-fi animated shorts by young creators from the continent, supported by the co-director of \u201cSpider-Man: New Generation\u201d.<\/p>\n

What will the Africa of the future look like? Whether they see spirits, herds of cyborg cattle, or radioactive octopuses, fourteen filmmakers from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt have answered this question in ten independent, ten-minute episodes mixing 2D and 3D.<\/p>\n

\u201cKizazi Moto\u201d \u2013 a title taken from the Swahili expression \u201cKizazi cha moto\u201d meaning \u201cgeneration of fire\u201d \u2013 testifies to the big-eared firm\u2019s interest in Africa.<\/p>\n

It also plans to release another science-fiction animated series set in a future version of Lagos, Nigeria, created in collaboration with pan-African entertainment company Kugali.<\/p>\n

For \u201cKizazi Moto\u201d, the artists involved drew on the continent\u2019s history and diverse cultures, blending myths, extraterrestrials, gods, monsters, and futuristic technologies, while dealing more or less head-on with climate change, colonization and the excesses of social networking.<\/p>\n

In \u201cMukudzei\u201d, for example, an influencer is projected into a parallel reality where Zimbabwe has not been colonized, while \u201cSurf Sangoma\u201d, set in 2050, follows thrill-seeking surfers in the South African city of Durban, where rising waters have led to a ban on sea activities.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Afrofuturism -Co-produced by South African studio Triggerfish and Peter Ramsey, co-director of the Oscar-winning film \u201cSpider-Man: New Generation\u201d, the series thus digs into the furrow of Afrofuturism, whose potential was demonstrated by the worldwide success of Marvel\u2019s American blockbuster \u201cBlack Panther\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s something we\u2019ve never really seen before\u201d, as the series relies on \u201cindividual creators with authentic personal stories and experiences\u201d, Orion Ross, Vice President Animation for Disney EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), assured AFP at the Annecy Festival in June.<\/p>\n

All of them \u201cwere really excited about the opportunity to express something to the world through Disney+ (which has almost 160 million subscribers, editor\u2019s note), in a way that had previously been inaccessible to them\u201d, insisted Peter Ramsey.<\/p>\n

According to him, American studios are already interested in the work of these directors. And, if \u201cKizaki Moto\u201d proves a success, he would like to see another series launched \u201cwith stories from ten other countries, to give more creators a chance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Drawing a parallel between this Disney production and his \u201cSpider-Man\u201d, Peter Ramsey points out that the latter helped renew American animated blockbusters by \u201cshowing that they could have more diverse, avant-garde and experimental styles\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we tried to do with +Spider-Man: New Generation+ was to reproduce things that had already been tested in short films\u201d, in the same way as the creators of \u201cKizazi Moto\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mauritius. With a view to extending its reach into Africa, the Disney+ platform is releasing \u201cKizazi Moto: Ge\u0301ne\u0301ration Feu\u201d on Wednesday, a series of sci-fi animated shorts by young creators from the continent, supported by the co-director of \u201cSpider-Man: New Generation\u201d. What will the Africa of the future look like? 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