An intimate look at the Take 5 Method in action, where dedicated coaches build trust, resilience, and belonging for children navigating complex and often unsafe environments.
At the heart of the film are Bronwyn and Malcolm, two Take 5 champions whose lives offer a compelling window into what the method looks like when it truly takes root. We follow them into their communities, where they are more than coaches they are anchors: trusted figures who show up consistently for the young people around them.
Through their stories, we see how Take 5 training becomes a vehicle for something far greater than sport , a framework for psychological resilience, emotional safety, and personal growth that ripples outward. Their influence extends beyond the children they work with directly, reaching fellow coaches and youth throughout the wider Waves for Change network, offering a quiet but powerful testament to what becomes possible when people are equipped to hold space for others.
Produced by Honest Films Co.
Executive Producers: Take 5 and Waves for Change
Director: Zander Botha
Story: Zander Botha and Liam Dennis Nesbitt
Cinematography: Liam Dennis Nesbitt
Sound: Kayleigh Packwood
Editor: Liam Dennis Nesbitt
Watch the full film on YouTube now - https://youtu.be/7GiK8er9tQE
A few years ago, our team at @randomgood_films set off on a grand adventure to document the story of Central African Republic's only wildlife veterinarian, Frédéric Singa.
Frédéric works with the @wwf on the front lines against an invisible threat: zoonotic diseases – infections that can jump from animals to humans. In @dzanga.sangha , a unique protected area, Frédéric examines carcasses of wild animals and analyzes potentially dangerous pathogens. He also works to sensitize the local population to the dangers of eating bush meat. Together with international partners such as the Helmholtz Institute for One Health, he is creating an early warning system for pandemics – before they even begin. In a region where resources are scarce and challenges immense, Frédéric’s work stands as a powerful reminder that one dedicated individual can help protect not only wildlife, but the health and future of people around the world. His commitment proves that meaningful change often begins with a single person willing to act.
The short film will have its world premiere at @santiagowildfest in Chile next month! More details coming soon!
Malawi 🇲🇼
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Memories from a few days of shooting a documentary in Lilongwe and Mitundu.
To be a fly on the wall in different worlds is the part of this ‘job’ that will forever be my favorite. To climb mountains, ride motorbikes and hang off vehicles, is the adventure… but the joy on the faces of the children is what I will remember!
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@zanderxzander and @rawbokeh
Happy International Vulture Awareness Day! These amazing creatures are critical to our ecosystems: they help with nutrient cycling, clean up the environment, and even reduce the spread of disease.
A few years ago, the Random Good team made this short film in Botswana highlighting the work of Kay Sego, a local conservationist dedicated to protecting vultures in the Moremi Gorge.
Director: David Clancy
Executive Producer: Randy Gebhardt
Producer: Eva Spyridis
Cinematography: Zander Botha, David Clancy
Photography: Carl Holman
Editor: Rudi Gremels
For the last year and a bit, I have been working with a production company called @randomgood_films to create radically hopeful stories that raise awareness about important social and environmental issues.
We are working on a bunch of projects that will be beautiful, thought-provoking and inspiring. This is done through “people stories”. Without giving too much away, I put together a collection of my favourite clips from filming across the world.
I have learned about a lot of pressing issues concerning the natural world. How complex it is to solve them and how little time there is to do so. It is especially difficult to see the destruction and damage first-hand. It is evident that the human pressure on the environment is going to keep growing, or at least not go away any time soon.
In contrast to my earlier beliefs, I have now realised that there is no “nature” without humans. Indigenous people have always been part of the human-environment-wildlife balance. Wildlife parks/conservation efforts without the custodianship and buy-in of these people are not long-term solutions. The sooner we shift to this narrative, the sooner we can achieve some sort of balance again.
Now, shifting to a little less rhetoric. The silver lining: Meeting so many crazy and amazing people.
No matter where we went, or how wide the language barrier has been, I have been met with smiles, laughs and warm hearts. From sipping sweet tea next to a camel dung fire, tracking porcupine spoor in the veld or wrestling on the sandy islands of the Sangha river, I've gotten to develop a strong feeling of kinship with the protagonists of our films. And through this, I have been able to learn how extraordinary their connections are to the environments they live in. Rather than human dominates environment, it is human flows with environment.
This has been my favourite part of being on this journey. These people have given me hope. If our films are able to extend this to others, I think we’ll have done a hella good job.
Thank you to randomgood and the rest of the team for these experiences. And here is to many more!
@evaspyridis@davechasesfreedom@rudigremels@rudiwildd@randygebhardt
Oats in a stand off with the matriach.
The herd had walked right into us completely unaware of our presence. The big girl got a fright and made quite a scene.
She gave us a mock charge. @carlholman and I didn't flinch! Safely behind Oats and his elephant thwarting twig). @davechasesfreedom and @evaspyridis were right on the frontline next to Oats (one a bit shakey and the other cool as a cucumber). I'll let you guess which one was which.
She led her herd away quickly. They were gone almost as soon as they came.
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(This frame I shot on a RANDOM GOOD production)
Oaitse on a horse he uses to ride between villages boardering the Okavango Delta.
He is the founder of the ELEPHANT PROTECTION SOCIETY (check them out on FB).
His fight is to educate the local people on the safe interaction protocols with the increasing amount of elephants in the area.
In other words. He is reducing elephant-human conflict.
I was part of a RANDOM GOOD production that followed him in his pursuit of the above.
Very excited to share the final film when it's ready.
DIRECTED - @davechasesfreedom
FILMED - Me & @davechasesfreedom
PHOTOGRAPHY - @CARLHOLMAN
PRODUCED - @evaspyridis
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
Often when throwing away rubbish, the unsettling thought of how much waste I produce enters my mind. This thought gets swept under the carpet immediately and I get on with my day. Blissfully ignorant.
However, these clips from the Coastal Park Landfill in False Bay make me feel uncomfortable. Seeing that clusterfuck of a dumpsite leaking into the river ecosystem has sparked me to fulfil some of my insipid promises “of doing better” that I made to myself.
The large scale problem of waste feels so much bigger than the individual. As with a lot of things, I suppose. BUT, as an individual, I feel that I can try and reduce my own impact at the very least. Maybe this clip can have the same effect on some of you having similar thoughts.
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
(Information was taken from an article on award.org.za written in 2019)
