Fans can finally see what the Our Heroes Rock team has been working on.
“Bridges” is the new animated short film created by Ettore “Big E” Ewen, Andreas Hale and Jonathan Davenport, collectively known as the Our Heroes Rock team. “Bridges” tells the story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child who integrated into school at the height of segregation in the South.
The trio began work on the project three years ago. A Kickstarter helped raise over $130,000 to fund it in 2021. The short first premiered at Urbanworld Film Festival in New York City in November. The full feature is available below:
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Big E, Andreas Hale and Jonathan Davenport spoke with WrestleZone about the origins of “Bridges” and what they hope to achieve with it.
The Our Heroes Rock team hopes to “create an entire series on our unsung heroes”. They viewed “Bridges” as a pilot. Big E, Hale and Davenport agreed they want Our Heroes Rock to open the door to Black history. They hope to make it easier for people to learn about historical figures in the future.
Big E: “I think for us, we’ve talked about this being a series. Mostly because there are so many stories beyond just Ruby Bridges. I think back to when I first had the conversation with Jonathan. We were first talking about who we wanted to [include] because it started off as a ring gear concept. And it went from three, to six, to eleven, seventeen very quickly. It could have gone to fifty if we had room on the gear and there are so many of these stories, and that’s why we envision it being a series. I think there are so many ways to tell these stories. We don’t want this to feel pedantic and heavy-handed, we want this to be engaging and fun, and I think we can do that with letting each story breathe and finding ways to use elements of entertainment. Like I said, there are so many stories to tell. And that’s why we want this to—it’s really a pilot to show what this can be and how we can breathe life into each one of these stories.”
Check out the full interview below:
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