As a happy result of this year’s KingsTOON Animation Festival, Sesame Street’s 50th anniversary season will take a bite out of Jamaican culture. From the animation and design studio, Listen Mi Caribbean, the beloved children’s show, starring the Muppets, will feature a short musical film about the fourth letter of the alphabet, and the activity Jamaicans relish, whether for church, funeral or party – dressing up.
In a video shared by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Kenia Mattis, co-founder of Listen Mi Caribbean, explained how the collaboration came into being. “The Sesame Street project came to use through an amazing confluence of activities,” she said. “We were selected to attend KingsTOON, where we were nominated in a few categories. A part of that was an opportunity to pitch for them a concept for ‘D is for dress up’. That’s all Sesame Street told us.”
A SHORT FILM
From that basic idea, the Listen Mi Caribbean team, including Leo Rhule (creative director) and Donald ‘Icon’ Medder (sound designer), conceptualised a musical short film, and they got a nod from the standard-bearing show to produce it.
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