I'm making a Beatles related film
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Hi there, I just wanted to join to reach out to people who may be interested in a short I am making. It's about a black girl trying to get into a segregated Beatles concert set in 1964 in Jacksonville, FL. As many of you may know the Gator Bowl was surrounded by racial controversies, with the Beatles refusing to play to a segregated crowd. I was raised in Austin, TX and going to concerts was a major part of my youth. In my mom's youth she went to a segregated school until she was 14 years old (1964). I imagined what it would be like to be denied the right to see my favorite band because of the color of my skin and the story began to write itself.
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According to this article, the Beatles did not agree to play to a segregated crowd. The Beatles were not like that. From the article, it was against the law at the time they played.... http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-09-10/story/show-almost-didnt-happen-beatles-perform-jacksonvilles-gator-bowl-50
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Sounds like a very noble project!
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love2travel:
According to this article, the Beatles did not agree to play to a segregated crowd. The Beatles were not like that. From the article, it was against the law at the time they played.... http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-09-10/story/show-almost-didnt-happen-beatles-perform-jacksonvilles-gator-bowl-50
Yeah exactly why the story is so interesting. That was one of the first integrated situations at the gator bowl, historic! And thanks SurSteven
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Do you have a bit of the story for us?! Times were so different then. I can't imagine how she must have felt... I'm hoping she got in to see her favorite band!
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Yes. The kickstarter link was edited out of my original post, but if you search Blackbird - A Short Film on kickstarter you can see the teaser I made and a further explaination of the story
feel free to message me and I could send it to you also!
