A second season of the Lupita Nyong’o’s popular YouTube Originals series “Super Sema” is coming soon and Variety has your first look.
YouTube Originals Kids & Family and the educational entertainment company Kukua have released the official trailer for new episodes of the NAACP Image Award-nominated digital series, with Academy Award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author Nyong’o voicing Sema, an extraordinary young African girl who is a Steam whiz.
The action-packed new season premieres June 17 on the Super Sema YouTube channel and features 11-minute episodes (longer than Season 1’s five-minute clips) following Sema and her friends on even more exciting world-changing adventures, using their clever Steam skills and inspired technovations to save their town of Dunia from an evil AI robot.
Additional kid-empowering content will roll out every Friday alongside the new episodes of Africa’s first kid superhero franchise. “Let’s Technovate With Super Sema” is...
YouTube Originals Kids & Family and the educational entertainment company Kukua have released the official trailer for new episodes of the NAACP Image Award-nominated digital series, with Academy Award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author Nyong’o voicing Sema, an extraordinary young African girl who is a Steam whiz.
The action-packed new season premieres June 17 on the Super Sema YouTube channel and features 11-minute episodes (longer than Season 1’s five-minute clips) following Sema and her friends on even more exciting world-changing adventures, using their clever Steam skills and inspired technovations to save their town of Dunia from an evil AI robot.
Additional kid-empowering content will roll out every Friday alongside the new episodes of Africa’s first kid superhero franchise. “Let’s Technovate With Super Sema” is...
- 6/7/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o is partnering with Nairobi-based media and tech startup Kukua in support of their franchise Super Sema, a new YouTube Originals kids and family program. Super Sema marks Africa’s first kid superhero animated series and will debut the first eight episodes on March 8, International Women’s Day. The remaining 12 episodes will be released throughout March and April.
Nyong’o not only serves as an Executive Producer of Super Sema, but as a shareholder in Kukua, the startup founded in 2015 by Lucrezia Bisignani, who serves as CEO. In addition, Nyong’o will voice a character on the series.
Fueled by Steam superpowers, Super Sema follows the adventures of the titular extraordinary young African girl, Sema, who lives in the neo-African-futuristic community of Dunia.
“I share Kukua’s goal to empower children through inspiring stories that feature characters in which the children see themselves reflected.
Nyong’o not only serves as an Executive Producer of Super Sema, but as a shareholder in Kukua, the startup founded in 2015 by Lucrezia Bisignani, who serves as CEO. In addition, Nyong’o will voice a character on the series.
Fueled by Steam superpowers, Super Sema follows the adventures of the titular extraordinary young African girl, Sema, who lives in the neo-African-futuristic community of Dunia.
“I share Kukua’s goal to empower children through inspiring stories that feature characters in which the children see themselves reflected.
- 3/3/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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