by
David Prior
West Yorkshire-based Fettle Animation has worked with Children’s BBC Newsround and BBC Africa What’s New on a series of short films about what it’s like to grow up mixed race in Britain today.
The films are being shown on CBBC Newsround and online on the BBC Africa website.
Fettle’s animation sits between camera interviews from young people filmed around the UK.
It was designed by Fettle’s director Zane Whittingham, with backgrounds by Laura Tattersfield and animation by Ryan Jones, Ged Haney and Mal Hartley.
Production was handled by Kath Shackleton, who said: “It’s been great fun working on this and we hope it can help young people from all backgrounds to feel good about what makes them unique and different.”
Fettle worked with broadcast journalists Sameena Misbahuddin and Nora Fakim.
