{"id":90634,"date":"2021-11-17T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90634"},"modified":"2021-11-13T14:03:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T12:03:52","slug":"12-00-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90634","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blewish\u2019 celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children\u2019s animation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018Blewish\u2019 celebrates Black and Jewish intersectionality through children\u2019s animation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

TaRessa Stovall<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Blewish<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What happens when you mix Black and Jewish identity with animation artistry and the drive to take intersectional representation up a few notches? You get Ezra Edmond\u2019s debut children\u2019s short film, \u201cBlewish<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d<\/a> which is having its world premiere at the Chicago International Children\u2019s Film Festival.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Edmond, who is in his early thirties, is a Los Angeles-born writer, director and producer with a passion for storytelling and insights into complex identities. The dynamics of growing up with an Ashkenazi mother from Los Angeles and a Black father from Alabama fueled his vision for the animated film.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a child, I felt like I was the only person who was both Black and Jewish. When I was in Jewish spaces, there never seemed to be Black people around. And when I was in Black spaces, there never seemed to be people who understood about being Jewish,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Ezra Edmond<\/p>\n

Writer, Director, Producer:<\/strong> Ezra Edmond grew up with a passion for storytelling and insights into complex identities. The dynamics of having a Jewish mother from New York City and a Black father from Alabama fueled his vision for his animated film.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cPeople would often ask me where I was from or what my background was. In Hebrew School, some non-Black Jewish kids wondered what I was doing there,\u201d said Edmond, who said he \u201cgrew up conservative\u201d and became a bar mitzvah. \u201cI was trying to figure out myself, where I fit in, feeling comfortable and not highlighting different pieces of my identity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet he did have hints he wasn\u2019t truly alone. People would point out to him that musician Lenny Kravitz was Black and Jewish, and when he was older, he realized many celebrities share that mix, including Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs, Tracee Ellis Ross, Drake, Maya Rudolph, Rain Pryor, Eric Andre. This knowledge empowered his sense of identity, leading him to Hollywood himself to create works that highlight greater representation, especially for young Biracial children and their parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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