Redwings has launched a Christmas animation celebrating the lifestyles and legacy of Black Good looks writer Anna Sewell, with a voiceover by way of actress Dame Joanna Lumley.
The animation tells Anna’s tale, and the way her love for horses evolved – which ended in her writing Black Good looks. Anna died in a while after its unencumber on 24 November 1877 elderly 58. The unconventional has offered greater than 50,000 million copies international.
The animation premiered at a personal screening tournament on 24 November, all through which Redwings additionally celebrated the discharge of a brand new fundraising version of Black Good looks. The e-book has been produced along with the UEA Publishing Venture and introduced at the anniversary of its authentic e-newsletter date. It prices £9.99 and part of all proceeds will cross at once to the care of Redwings’ equines.
It may be purchased at the Redwings site.
“This yr has been a whirlwind for us right here at Redwings. We really feel so honoured to had been given the chance to seem after this particular space and the fantastic partnerships we’ve evolved on account of it,” mentioned Nicola Knight, Redwings head of communications and campaigns.
“That is the primary time Black Good looks has at once raised finances for the animals Anna Sewell liked such a lot and we’re indebted to the UEA for the chance to paintings with them in this stunning version of the e-book – which we are hoping will make it into many a Christmas stocking.”
Nicola added particular because of Joanna Lumley, who donated her products and services to the mission.
“Dame Joanna’s fortify on our animation is one thing we dreamed of and we’re so thankful for the beneficiant present of her time,” mentioned Nicola.
“We have now gained some superb phrases from well known enthusiasts of the e-book from the literary and animal welfare global for which we’re so delighted, and this type of, grasp English saddle maker, presenter and writer Suzie Fletcher, very kindly learn a bankruptcy for us on the tournament.
“The shared legacy of Anna and us right here at Redwings – a want, purely and easily, to create a greater global for horses – is so intertwined that it feels serendipitous. We are hoping this animation will teach those that weren’t acutely aware of the affect that Anna’s paintings had, and continues to have, masses of years later, at the welfare of horses.”
The particular version of the e-book is now on common sale. It features a foreword by way of youngsters’s writer Dame Jacqueline Wilson and an afterword by way of nineteenth century literature professor Thomas Ruys Smith of the UEA.
“It’s been a pleasure to paintings with Redwings in this mission,” mentioned Professor Smith.
“It’s prime time that Norfolk’s maximum a success literary export was once recognised for the affect she had at the global, and it’s a privilege to be part of that effort. We’re so thankful to Intervening time Media for his or her superb paintings at the animation and to the Arts and Humanities Council for his or her fortify with investment. We are hoping it is going to in reality inform the tale of the way this implausible fictional advent got here to be.”
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