Pious Nyenyewa - Zimbabwean Animator (Alula Animation)
Channel: Story Untold ZW🇿🇼
Date: 2021-06-17

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On the 17th of June, it was announced that Pious Nyenyewa would be making a film to be featured in Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire a Disney+ Original (anthology of animated films) set to premiere in late 2022. Whilst we didn't discuss that project in this first episode of Story Untold ZW, Pious took us through his journey & everything leading up to the Disney+ deal...

Pious Nyenyewa is the Studio Lead at Alula Animation - a Zimbabwean animation studio that was established in 2018. It was created for the purposes of entertainment, to give viewers and the clients a good quality product on their screens. Alula Animation Studio offers family viewed animation movies & commercials.

Big thank you to Pious for allowing Story Untold ZW to share his story with the world. We wish you the best on the Mukudzei (Adventures of Muku) project...

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Timestamps:
Intro 00:00
Who is Pious Nyenyewa? 3:19
Knowing which path to follow 4:46
Pursuing Animation without leaving Zim 7:00
Did family support you? 13:45
Starting with what you have 17:15
Growing pains 19:00
Starting a studio out of necessity 19:40
Why those chose to make ads 22:06
Alula's dream to make Exe-cute movie 24:54
Using commercials as a storytelling device 26:37
Biggest challenge you've faced during your journey 30:14
We don't have an animation industry in Zimbabwe yet 33:35
Being open to social media criticism 35:59
The importance of your bedroom as an artist 37:04
What COVID-19 took away from Alula Animation Studio 39:58
COVID-19 taking a mental toll on the team 41:33