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Brother Sister duo and children of Ron and Natalie Daise, from popular 1990s Nickelodeon TV show Gullah Gullah Island–Simeon Daise and Sara Makeba Daise are teaming up to executive produce Saltwata Vibes.

The siblings will document their journey exploring their Gullah Geechee identity, the culture, it’s evolution, traditions, challenges, and their journey of crafting a generationally relevant cultural identity and the messiness of modernizing a culture. The documentary will be directed by Sherard “Shekeese” Duvall who is also a producer. Saltwata Vibes is now filming in South Carolina and is slated for a Spring 2023 release.

As their generation of Gullah Geechee face the challenges of finding an identity when you are born within a culture, that is within a culture, that is within a culture – this documentary will take them from South Carolina to Sierra Leone and back.

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Remember when we used to play together in the bright sunny weather? Yeah, so do we. Starting in 1994, Nickelodeon transported kids to a magical, fictitious island through Gullah Gullah Island. Starring real life couple Ron and Natalie Daise, the series—based on the West African culture Gullah Geechee—taught preschoolers about family, sea critters and kindness through song and dance. But perhaps more importantly, the show allowed its young viewers to feel represented in a TV landscape that didn't always reflect how the world looked. Unbeknownst to those at home, the stories and songs featured in...