July 10, 2020
Art of the Lockdown – Documentary in Production
“The lockdown in South Africa has had a dismal effect on the economy, especially in the poorer areas. Without private interventions in the form of food banks and donations, complete chaos would have reigned. What moved me as a filmmaker, were the countless stories of heroism and altruism where people braved the dangers of COVID 19 to help on the ground, and used their own unique talents to help raise funds, particularly in the arts. We had artists documenting the effects of the lockdown on the voiceless, artists painting lockdown themed works every day, arists creating humorous and poignant works to educate and uplift their audience. In that sense, art is society’s salvation. I immediately wanted make a short documentary film about this, off the back of “Art of Survival”. Director / Producer, Warren Mac Carthy @zen_cinematic
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July 10, 2020
Art of Survival Documentary – In Production
Artists Surviving COVID 19
Our producer, Carina Bruwer has also been a performing artist for more than 20 years. She founded South Africa’s award-winning instrumental supergroup, Sterling EQ, and ran an online agency for artists. When the COVID 19 lockdown happened, performing artists were among the hardest hit. Carina heard first-hand accounts of people having to sell things in order to survive. She was inspired to do a documentary that explored the different ways artist innovated during the lockdown in order to survive – to hear about the challenges they faced, and how they overcame them. She then approached director, Warren Mac Carthy to apply to the DASC for funding – which was approved! They supplied 20% of the budget (R75,000) – enough to get us going, and we’re grateful for the opportunity. The rest of the funding will come from Seed Media and ‘sweat equity’.

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May 6, 2020
Welcome Rockstar Photographer Brigitte Stanford
Photographer – Brigitte Stanford
We’re very excited to rep rockstar photographer Brigitte Stanford. She’s talanted, zany and goes where angels fear to tread. See the masked hero, braving the danger, and taking photos around Cape Town during the lockdown.
By the way, her name is pronounced, ‘Bri’ ‘gee’ ‘ta’ 🙂 Check out her profile, and call us for bookings!
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