Changing the world
one story at a time
She Creates Change amplifies the true stories of relatable young women to show girls — and children of all genders — that they too can create positive change in their own lives and communities.
Director Martha Adams said, “For too long, the stories we have seen and heard through global media have not represented the voices of so many young women in the world.”
Marrying animation with live action footage is intended to draw in young viewers. The viewer is surprised to see that each animated girl is, in fact, real. Her story becomes even more powerful.
With a diverse cast of voice actors, the multi-media production includes a team of Room to Read advocates working to promote gender equality, including: Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Charithra Chandran (“Bridgerton”) and Adhir Kalyan (“Rules of Engagement”).
By highlighting essential life skills in each story and making them accessible across any medium, Room to Read is taking the next step to scale our gender equality programming — to meet children wherever they are, in all corners of the globe.
Room to Read’s She Creates Change Series was Brought to Life by An All-Women Team of Creatives from Bafta-Winning, Nexus Studios.
Room to Read’s multi-media series, She Creates Change, would not have been possible without an incredible all-women team of directors, animation artists, voice actors, composers, producers and writers curated by BAFTA-winning entertainment company, Nexus Studios. Each of these talented women brought a unique and diverse perspective to each film, helping bring the stories to life.
Directed by Martha Adams, She Creates Change features collaborations with animation directors — including Siqi Song, Bonnie Taylor Forsyth, Hannah Lau-Walker, Neeraja Raj, Prashanti Aswani and Claudia Chinyere Akole — who create an authentic representation of each girls’ story and the challenges each faces. Director of Diksha’s animation, Neeraja Raj, said, “I was most inclined to tell Diksha’s tale because it so closely mirrored my own experiences of growing up somewhere my skin was alien, and therefore, othered. … Many Indian girls face this caste-based and color-based discrimination even today; this is not just Diksha’s tale, but mine, and so many other little kids who feel lost.”
She Creates Change is a nonprofit-led animation and live action film project from global education organization Room to Read.
The films’ teams include hundreds of contributors from Room to Read and production houses including: Nexus Studios, Moonshine Media Group, Cineflix Studios, Brain Audio, and Lovely & Outrageous.
THE PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR GENEROUS FUNDING PARTNERS
- Troper Wojcicki Foundation
- Forward Global
- Stasia Obremskey and Dan Carroll
- Comic Relief US
- Tatcha
In loving memory of
Susan Diane Wojcicki (1968–2024)
who encouraged girls everywhere to be bolder and braver.
