MoveMe South Africa

Passionate about using her voice for good, actor Briana Evigan has been on a quest to give a voice to the voiceless, shine a light on darkness and create a positive impact.

She co-founded MoveMe Studio, a woman-led production company creating inspiring media that compels action. MoveMe is re-imagining the way media is produced and how audiences engage by sharing the net profits in a meaningful way with the people, communities, and regions where the media is created. MoveMe productions share the stories of those who are often overlooked.

The first project at MoveMe Studios is CHARLIE, an inspiring film focused on the illicit world of animal trafficking and anti-poaching efforts in the South African bush. The engagement model for the movie will include an 8-episode docuseries, MoveMe South Africa, focusing on the treasure, talents, and tales of Bushbuckridge, a community near the border of the world-famous Kruger National Park.

Briana has a successful career in film, TV, music, and dance. Her first foray into Hollywood was everyone’s favourite dance film Step Up 2: The Streets. She then came back for the reinstalment to close out the multi-million dollar franchise Step Up 5: All In. She also played starring roles in several other films for Netflix, Lionsgate, Summit entertainment and Disney IMBD.

Her TV career includes starring in Season 2, From Dusk Till Dawn for Robert Rodriguez and Quinten Tarantino, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Trooper and TNT’s acclaimed drama Longmire. She’s been called a scream queen and an indie darling, starring in ToY and Love Is All You Need, where she received Best Actor accolades. A few other credits include She Loves Me Not, starring Cary Elwes, and Rites of Passage, starring Wes Bentley and Christian Slater.

Enjoying her new life between Zimbabwe and South Africa making a meaningful impact, her commitment to transforming human connection and animal welfare has put her on the front lines, fighting the animal trade, protecting Africa’s land and the people that live on it.

Through MoveMe Studio and their NGO called Abundant Village, she is teaming up with Akashinga, an all-female, anti-poaching team of more than 300 highly trained women, to bring a resource-rich set of sustainable solutions providing water, food, and energy security, education, housing, health care, and job opportunities to their local communities. Each village will be run locally and generate enough income to cover its annual expenses. The goal is to support hundreds of villages around the world over the next decade.

Briana’s innate sense of duty compelled her to be a part of the solution to the challenges faced by people and the planet; to find a way to bring the resources and networks of the entertainment industry to the world. She has a deep passion for educating the youth and speaking at universities to uplift the human spirit. She has led countless campaigns, fundraisers, and mission trips, all of which have affirmed Briana’s allegiance to animal advocacy, ultimately positioning her as a global voice of authority in this space.