Black Earth Rising Animation Sequence

2019
For this BBC/NETFLIX series, we were invited to create four sequences, totalling nine minutes of animation, as well as the main titles for this live-action drama.
Produced, written and directed by BAFTA award winner Hugo Blick and produced by Abi Bach (The Honourable Woman), Black Earth Rising is set against the background of the prosecution of international war crimes and the West’s relationship with contemporary Africa.
The animation sequences depict events around the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath, imaginatively interpreting violent and tragic events; events where, as one character puts it- “words would fail”
Client - The Forgiving Earth Limited
Executive Producer - Greg Brenman
Producer, Writer & Director - Hugo Blick
Producer - Abi Bach
Animation Production Company - Studio AKA
Animated Sequence Director - Steve Small