Sunshine Cinema is more than just a mobile cinema, it is a grassroots movement on the move!
Johannesburg, South Africa (16 February 2020) – Sunshine Cinema is a solar-powered mobile cinema that converts solar energy into social impact. They take compelling and carefully curated content to a diverse array of communities across Southern Africa and beyond.
The team are driven by a strong desire to create communal cinema experiences that act as a catalyst for dialogue, deep listening and ultimately positive social and environmental change. These screenings are facilitated by a team of experts. They are designed to reach targeted audiences in a strategic way that helps identify shared problems and uncovers viable solutions to these challenges.
“We strive to brighten the places we travel to by educating and inspiring the people we engage with and by giving them the tools they need to live more conscious and empowered lives.”
Since their founding in 2013, they have reached over 6000 direct audience members and have plans to continue to expand our scope of work across the African continent.
“We do what we do by partnering with likeminded individuals, brands and organisations who share our passion for telling dynamic stories that move communities into action and allow for disparate voices and opinions to be heard.”
The Sunshine Cinema team also work with established brands via their popular GreenYourScreen initiative. Essentially they can green any screen at any event with pre-captured solar energy (batteries) to reduce the carbon footprint of any branded content experience. Brands who opt for this service can screen their own content or commission us to produce films on their behalf.
Finally, they offer in-depth audience engagement advice, expertise and implementation strategies to independent filmmakers and actively participates in the training of up-and-coming media talent.
“We believe in sharing the powerful work of relevant storytellers to aid local activists in their grassroots work to inspire audiences to speak out, be better equipped with resources, informed about their rights, and have access to avenues to reach policymakers to affect change.”
The team currently work in Alice (Eastern Cape), Qwa Qwa (The Free State) Lebowakgomo (Limpopo), Kitwe (Zambia) and Gaborone (Botswana).
Their first-ever free screening in the Northern Cape poured with rain, but it was such a blessing for the drought-stricken area, and luckily their solar power was all charged up, so they were able to “Spread a little Sunshine” for the kids from Newtown in Potsmasburg who got to have their first cinema experience ever!
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