Superlatives swirl around Bruce Franks Jr., the focus of the Oscar-nominated short documentary St. Louis Superman. “I don’t know if I’ve ever met a human being quite as remarkable as Br…
He just has this presence that’s magnetic.”
Franks’ gift for communication came to the fore in Ferguson, Missouri as protests erupted after the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager who was shot to death by a white police officer in 2014. “There is just a boldness to everything Bruce does,” Mundhra marvels, adding she’s found that inspiring. “I’ve definitely learned personally to speak up more and not worry so much about disrupting the status quo when something doesn’t feel right.”
“It’s important for people to see those dominant narratives challenged because they’re false,” Mundhra declares. “They’re stereotypes. And so something as simple as a man spending time with his son and caring for his son feels different.”
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