This series is a short introduction into the inspiration of why filmmaker Myron Ward believes black teen films like AFTER PROM needs to exist.
To restrain baby elephants, circus trainers would chain the helpless animal to a large stake driven into the ground. After countless attempts of trying to free itself, sooner or later, the baby elephant would find his efforts hopeless.
The psychological force of conditioned helplessness enslaves the animal for life, so even after adulthood the powerful elephant becomes powerless over the peg, staked to the ground. This is called, the baby elephant principle.
Once the script to AFTER PROM was completed, I felt the story…
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