Biography

Seraphim Enterprise is an organisation that helps to bring life to concepts and ideas through media and creative arts by using filmmaking, photography, graphic designs. Focusing primarily on photography and filmmaking, Seraphim Enterprise has produced a variety of photoshoots and filmmaking projects which consists of short films, feature films, documentaries, music videos, events coverage and educational videos.

It was founded by Patrick Kinzonzi, who came up with the concept in 2008 as a youth worker who also worked in education at the time. Seeing those young people were filled with untapped potential but not always able to showcase their true abilities due to being boxed in by the curriculum that was delivered within the school's formal structure. He was able to see the difference between the young people's performance level in class and the youth centres. In one environment, some of them seemed to be capped and boxed in due to feeling like they weren't able to live up to the standards that the curriculum had put in place. However, in the youth club environment, it seemed like new life had been breathed into them as they were more expressive and confident in the things that they wanted to do and speak about. This was due to them being in an informal environment which enabled them to spread their wings and have people (role models, youth workers) who took an interest in meeting their needs and made time to assist them in developing projects (football tournaments, entertainment shows, music production, fashion creation) in which they were encouraged to take on leadership roles and obtain key skills; confidence, teamwork, accountability, management, unity. All skills which wouldn't have necessarily been gained strictly formal structures.

Social issues within the communities also called for a need in which media and arts would be used as a platform to address social issues and raise awareness on these matters.

Although the young people were the main objective during the making of these projects, it eventually also filtered into adults as they were all connected. What happens to young people affects adults and vice versa. Whether it be positive or negative. By focusing on them, it automatically incorporated the rest of the target audience; young adults, adults, black, white, mixed heritage etc).

Since then, Seraphim Enterprise has produced a variety of photography projects, studio, fashion, weddings, entertainment (Ginuwine, J Holiday, Kano, Ghetts, Ice Cube, Naughty by Nature, Future) and film projects; The Regret (feature film raising awareness on gang issues in the community, Single Dad (feature film, dealing with stereotypes on male fathers), What Would You Do? (Bridging the gap between the community and young people) and various educational/motivational videos.

Ideas are essential, no matter has small they are. In the same manner that a seed may seem insignificant in the beginning due to its size, we should never be ignorant to the fact that the seed may contain forests, vegetations, fruits etc... all of which are vital products that contribute to the sustainability of human life.