Ani Wa Sa is set in DR Congo’s Garamba National Park which is globally recognized as ground zero in Africa’s poaching wars. Fewer than 1,200 elephants remain.

Two brothers who come from a line of central African Zande hunters, seek to protect their local forest from seemingly opposing avenues: one through family tradition and the other as part of a national park ranger team. Though their relationship has fractured, an advancing rebel group seeking to poach and traffick elephant ivory poses a mutual threat and the brothers may need each other to protect the people and wildlife of their homeland for generations to come.

Ani Wa Sa is being used in an innovative on-the-ground mobile cinema initiative to help build bridges of trust and collaboration between central African communities, conservation actors, and humanitarians, in an effort to improve the safety and build the resilience of people and wildlife in this fragile and interdependent ecosystem.

As of March 31, 2020, Invisible Children has screened Ani Wa Sa in 67 communities in northeastern DRC and eastern Central African Republic (CAR), reaching 27,450 people.

Go here to learn more: invisiblechildren.com/program/mobile-cinema/

This project is part of the USAID-funded Community Resilience in Central Africa (CRCA) Activity, an Invisible Children project made possible by the support of the American people.

Directed by

Lindsay Branham and Andrew Michael Ellis

Edited by

Ben Stamper

Small family farmers like Jesus Ramos are in trouble. And when the farmers are in trouble, the country is in trouble.

Role: Director + Cinematographer + Editor

Production Company : MediaStorm

Thousands of children between the ages of 6 and 18 live in slavery on Lake Volta, working up to 18 hours a day in the fishing industry. For these young children, the only way out of slavery is to drown or be rescued. Children just like Foli.* Visit ijm.org/foli to send rescue today.

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This story is a reenactment of the real life events of one young boy. All the names and locations have been changed to protect his real identity.

Directed by Lindsay Branham and Andrew Michael Ellis

Edited by Ben Stamper

 Cinematography by Andrew Ellis and Ben Stamper

Original Music by Aled Roberts

Casting by Mawuko Kuadzi

Field Producer Greg Justice, Amy Justice

Script Supervisor Bethany Williams

Production Sound: Greg Justice

Stunt supervision by Hayford Agbedor

 Visual Effects by Perry Kroll

Color Correction by Alter Ego

New York Times Documentary

Escaping violence in Libya, Abode struggles to belong in a German town that has become a flashpoint of anti-immigrant anger.

PRODUCED BY AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER

EDITED BY SHANE O’NEILL

The lives of a Christian rebel solider, a rebel’s wife, and a Muslim doctor intertwine in a true story of violence and redemption.

Created through Search for Common Ground and NOVO Media, Zo Kwe Zo was created to challenge harmful ideologies towards the marginalized Muslim community, and create inroads for interreligious dialogue in Central African Republic.

The film has been shown in 48 communities and over 14,000 people in screenings across Central African Republic.

Directed by Lindsay Branham and Andrew Ellis

Sound Recording and Score by Jonathan Seale

Produced for the New York Times Magazine, New York City Ballet Resident Choreographer, Justin Peck, performs four phrases inspired from his ballets.

The film was created alongside the an article by Sasha Weiss, which can be found here.
nytimes.com/2018/05/10/magazine/justin-peck-is-making-ballet-that-speaks-to-our-everyday-lives.html

Director and Cinematographer - Andrew Michael Ellis
Assistant Camera - Cory Maffucci
Lighting Design - Garrett Doermann
Sound Recording and Mixing - Barbaros Ali Kaynak
"The Shadows Will Fall Behind" (Demo), Music and Performance by Sufjan Stevens
Producer - Amy Kellner for The New York Times Magazine