An Afro-Surrealist Series
Stories are not just told — they breathe.
This one is their reckoning.
Stories are not just told — they breathe.
This one is their reckoning.
A coastal town in Cameroon where the ancestors still breathe through the trees. And a digital paradise that promises everything while costing everything. The choice is older than you think.
Mountains behind, sea ahead. Kids chase mangoes, market stalls rise at dawn, and old powers sleep in the soil.
Cryopods where bodies are stored while minds live in simulated worlds. The ultimate harvesting of human souls.
The fight is not between good and evil. It is between remembering and forgetting who you are.
The world of the Ore runs on a spiritual economy — ancient power rooted in heritage and memory, a parasitic inversion driven by greed and forgetting, and an ancient tongue that bends reality itself.
It rewards alignment with your true self. The more connected to your soul, the more access you have.
Nkori Kuso and Manyi Ngafu — they feed on stolen futures. Their magic is transactional and predatory.
Not spoken but built. Speaking it shifts the fabric of space. Reserved for the most ancient beings.
An ancient tree planted by five kings, hidden in another dimension. It harnesses royal blood and reveals itself only to those worthy of its power.
Every power has a price. Dionne collapses from overwhelm. Amun gets lost in mask dimensions. Grounding — connection to the real — is essential.
Children of the Ore, guardians of the ancient balance. And those who would harvest the world for power. Hover or tap to reveal each one's gift.
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NeutralAn 8-episode Afro-surrealist series set in Cameroon, where ancient spiritual powers collide with a dystopian technology that promises paradise while harvesting souls. A group of young people, bound by royal blood to an ancient tree, must remember who they are before the world forgets.
Amun finds Dionne; the Ministry of Fire abducts a pastor; Ayafor and Neza free a child from a soul-eater.
Dionne's spiritual quest begins; the Ore children hunt for the missing pastor; Pa Mbeng destroys a fake church.
The children discover Brother Samuel's dark magic; Dionne faces new challenges in her journey between worlds.
The group tracks Brother Samuel; Neza is captured by the elemental Ufuaje; zombies spread across the town.
Pa Mbeng and his lost brother Ufuaje go through an ancient forgiveness ritual; Judith is kidnapped.
The search for Judith; Brother Samuel's plot to take over the town; Dionne completes her Orisha initiation.
Dionne settles into her powers; Arnold joins the dark side; Namondo's sight awakens; Manyi Ngafu is born, hungry.
Dionne discovers the power of her voice; together they defeat Brother Samuel; Amun is trapped in another world.
Production stills, concept art, and raw footage from the pilot. A look at the craft behind the world — AI-assisted pipelines, real locations, and the characters coming to life.
The pilot is shot. The world is built. Here's the live status of the journey from pilot to funded series — transparent for fans and investors alike.
Mbeng Ngassa is a British-Cameroonian filmmaker who has been shooting and editing since age 16. A creative technologist with a near-10-year career at London's top agencies, he attended the London School of Music & Media and the Los Angeles Film School. He has worked across Africa as producer, director, cinematographer, editor, and VFX artist — building stories from his own cultural perspective. The Children of the Ore is that perspective, fully realized.
The pilot is shot. The pipeline is proven. The series needs ~$47k to finish all 8 episodes. Invest, back, or sponsor — every path leads to the same story being told.
Children of the Ore · site in production