The Currys and Consentaneous Media have a brand-new movie to concentrate on: a youth literacy docudrama labelled Punished from co-directors Connor Martin and Mark Allen Johnson.
Steph Curry will certainly tell the movie along with fruit and vegetables while his spouse, Ayesha Curry, that works as chief executive officer of Sugary food July, will certainly generate along with Jeff Martin from It Issues and Kid’s Literacy Task. Added manufacturers consist of Consentaneous Media’s Erick Peyton, the movie’s co-directors and Chris Helfrich, Chief Executive Officer of the Curry’s structure Consume. Find out. Play. Brian Tetsuro Ivie and Kalyna Kutny will certainly exec generate from Consentaneous Media, with Tony Kriz and Jim Gulian working as authors.
Punished is called an “immersive and vulnerable exploration of the epidemic of childhood illiteracy through a series of braided character driven stories.” Those tales will certainly be supplied from varied grownups and youngsters that have actually never ever discovered to review.
“Sentenced is a powerful project that we are honored to be a part of, driving necessary conversations on the importance of childhood literacy, a haunting issue that was only intensified as a result of the pandemic,” stated the Currys in a joint declaration the movie, which currently has an internet site.
The job marks Steph Curry’s initial venture right into narrative, and the movie’s topic strikes near to home for the pair. They are long time supporters for childhood years literacy via their structure, which functions to offer Oakland primary school trainees the assistance and sources to end up being skilled visitors by the end of 3rd quality, to name a few campaigns. The org will certainly companion with Kid’s Literacy Task and Consentaneous Media to evaluate Punished in Oakland.
Kid’s Literacy Task moneyed the manufacturing of Punished. At the final thought of the movie, the strategy is to supply visitors an opportunity to get more information regarding a “teach a kid to read” effort via regional volunteer chances using QR code.
“We believe in the power of storytelling and hope that projects like Sentenced continue to move our collective mission forward in order to make impactful and systemic change,” stated Consentaneous Media’s Peyton.