Black in Mayberry Live Premiere

204 Main Street,El Segundo CA 90245

11 May, 2021

Description

El Segundo For Black Lives and ESMoA invite you to join an intimate conversation with Black residents, professionals, students and visitors El Segundo For Black Lives and ESMoA invite you to join an intimate conversation with Black residents, professionals, students and visitors to El Segundo. Black in Mayberry was born from the protests held in El Segundo following the murder of George Floyd. The director Mark Knight, documented the protests through photography and video; and producer Tanya Taylor, who organized the protests, had an open conversation about what's not usually said between Black and white people. Starting with that conversation, we approached ESMoA who gladly agreed to collaborate and lend us space to give birth to Black in Mayberry, a 13-part short film series. Through Black in Mayberry, Black people in El Segundo have set aside their inhibitions and made themselves vulnerable in order to share their truth. We hope that these short episodes (each 3-4 minutes) on topics rarely discussed publicly will create a safe and unfiltered opportunity to learn more about what it is to be Black in El Segundo and in America in 2020. Why Black in Mayberry? El Segundo has long heralded itself as “Mayberry by the Sea.” Mayberry is in reference to the fictional southern town in the early 1960’s TV series The Andy Griffith Show, which was small, quiet, tight-knit and almost entirely white. While its sunny PR image as “Mayberry by the Sea” might evoke dreamy nostalgia and a strong sense of belonging among its predominantly white residents, the reality of life in El Segundo is more complicated for its Black residents, students and visitors.