Raymond, an African American man stands before the audience normal enough, unassuming enough, nonthreatening enough until he begins to push a boulder. Desperately he tries to push this boulder up a hill, hoping that he can push it to the top so that in that moment when the boulder hits the top it will then roll down the other side eliminating the pressures that he feels daily. Much like the story of Sisyphus this story follows a young black man as he shares the life that he is living. One where he feels the weight of the world, represented by the boulder, on his shoulders. He wants to be successful, he sees that in his future, but only if he can break through all of the things that are standing in front of him, holding him back, pushing him down, forcing him to go in another direction. Told so passionately it is almost poetry this young man makes the day-to-day life of a black man in Anytown, America in this day and time a story that will resonate and hopefully gain a level of understanding of what it truly means to be a young black man in America. It is a hard hitting slice of life, a look into a world that is full of men believing they are being hunted, living with targets on their backs, still trying to push forward. Using the visual of the boulder much like Sisyphus he pushes and pushes hoping that if he works hard enough he can save his own life. Hoping that if he tells his story loud enough someone will hear and want to lend him a hand. Hoping that before he looses his ability to fight that he makes it to the top of the hill so that the weight can be lifted and he can be free.
Male- Weight of the Boulder
$50.00Price
