A Blind Play

Silence

Michael Mau Season 1 Episode 6

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A childhood memory of a racist encounter is brought to the surface when a young man once again faces a bigot.

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
-WB Yeats, The Second Coming

In the summer of 1994, I was a college student working as a stocker at Piggly Wiggly in Montevallo, Alabama. I grew up in the South, so racism was not a new concept for me. As a white male, I did not understand how privileged I was nor how entitled. This combination bred a cowardice in me that I am still coming to terms with. This personal narrative is just as much a self-indictment as a criticism of the south. 
Written and Directed by Michael Mau
STARRING
Narrator--Michael Mau
Buck--Blaque Fowler
Slurpee Man--Paul Fegan
Grandmother/Teacher--Christa Burton
Mom--Shenandoah Evans

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All episodes directed and edited by Michael Mau
Original Music by Trevor Tremaine
Podcast cover art created by Geneva Hicks

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