Wallace and Gromit creators open animation academy in South African township
Here’s a cracking idea! Aardman Animations, the makers of the Oscar-winning animation series Wallace and Gromit, have opened their first animation academy, hoping to train the next generation of world-class animators.
Nothing unusual so far, except this academy is in a South African township ? a place where any opportunities to receive world-class training are thin on the ground.
The BBC’s reporter in Johannesburg, Jonah Fisher, visited the school and joins us to tell us more about it.
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