Celebrities are lending their voices to tackling vaccine injustice. Penélope Cruz, Bono and Michael Sheen are just some of the stars joining the voice cast of a socially conscious miniseries called “Pandemica.”
This animated series uses humor to denounce the monopolization of COVID-19 vaccines by the rich to the detriment of poorer populations. The episodes, which are less than 30 seconds long, launch March 25 on the website and the YouTube channel of the ONE nonprofit, and will be available to watch free of charge.This miniseries will focus on the residents of Pandemica, home to monsters, creatures, robots, humans and aliens.
This inequality and injustice is very much real, and is something that the miniseries seeks to denounce with humor, but in all seriousness. In fact, according to a recent report from the ONE NGO, rich countries are on track to stockpile over 1 billion surplus COVID-19 vaccines.