SEBAMALA ARTS LTD. is a digital and performance Arts nonprofit which develops equality and advocacy programming, social change film/television, critical theatre productions and social justice documentaries. The organization was founded to empower marginalized and underrepresented communities, to support artists with creative relief and artistic training during the global pandemic, using collaboration with multidisciplinary performance artists around the world, to create, develop, produce and direct stories for empowerment, challenge single story narrative about Africa and change negative stereotypes about marginalized communities.      

To improve quality of productions from Uganda and the rest of Africa by providing film production training. Challenge negative stereotypes and single-story narratives about Africa, by creating and producing positive and empowering images from the continent. Develop effective advocacy tools for women and youth for self reliance, creative entrepreneurship and empowerment of marginalized communities. To develop creative solutions to social justice issues, gender inequalities, poverty and economic disparity through the creative arts and arts advocacy communication. Create jobs for youth employment and increase industry payments for artists/filmmakers; to combat effects of the COVID 19 Crisis and high unemployment levels in Uganda. Employ over 60% women and girls on all Sebamala Arts programs and projects to increase women's representation in industries predominantly run by men.

Develop and institutionalize Sebamala School of the Arts for skills training in digital and performance arts, to support systems and creative arts infrastructure and innovative creative employment for youth and women. Redefine the African story and support Pan-Africanism with an empowered spirit of pride among the black race globally, using film, television and theatre to create positive images from Africa, change the narrative and challenge stereotypes about Africans. Become a leading African digital and performance arts company celebrated for non discriminatory social justice and empowerment works across Uganda, Africa and the United States.

VISION

BACKGROUND

The emergency of the Covid 19 crisis (2020) was key in the foundation and implementation of programs at Sebamala Arts. Developed as a space to support artists with creative and mental health tools and create employment for women and youth under the age of 35 who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic, Sebamala Arts offered COVID relief, built community through online workshops and readings, thus providing creative expression across digital spaces and professional skills training that led to programs like Women+Youth Film Apprenticeship, Digital Artist Workshops, Young African Writers' Fellowship and African Play Readers Series. Our goal is to employ over 150 women and youth annually, and up to 700 filmmakers between 2022 to 2025 on film projects. 

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