Saint Paul Almanac, in partnership with St. Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN) and High School for Recording Arts (HSRA), presents Rondo: Beyond the Pavement, a new student-produced film and podcast that chronicles the history of a once-thriving African American neighborhood torn apart by the Interstate 94 corridor. Read the press release here
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RONDO: Beyond the Pavement Gala Film Release Nov. 3, 2018 program

NEXT FILM SHOWINGS

Heritage Tea House

Thursday, Sept. 5, 6 to 8 p.m

360 University Ave W#103
St Paul, MN 55103

Dinner included.

Youth filmmakers and elders will discuss their experience
after the film.

Model Cities

Thursday, June 20, 6 to 8 p.m.

839 University Ave. W.
St. Paul, MN 55104

Dinner included.

At Model Cities, our mission is to provide social and economic prosperity by providing access to opportunities that stabilize and develop families and communities.

FILM FESTIVAL SHOWINGS

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection in October for the 2019 Urban Mediamakers Festival in Norcross, Georgia.

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection in October for the 2019 InJustice for All Film Festival International in Chicago.

https://filmfreeway.com/InJusticeforAllFilmFestival

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection in September for the 2019 International Social Change Film Festival in Chicago.

https://filmfreeway.com/SocialChangeFilmFestival

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection for the San Francisco Black Film Festival June 13–16, 2019

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RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection for April 2019 at the Indie Short Fest at the Los Angeles International Film Festival.

Indie Short Fest Los Angeles
indieshortfest.com

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection for April 2019 at the Universe Multicultural Film Festival.
umfilms.org

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection for March 2019 at SXSW EDU 2019.
Schedule.sxswedu.com/2019/events/PP103006

RONDO: Beyond the Pavement is an official selection for February 2019 at the Yofi Microfest Black History Showcase.
https://www.yofidmac.com/black-history-month-showcase

CREATED AND PRODUCED

PARTNERS

FUNDERS

The song “Rondo Street”

Produced By: Hubert Eaves III for Sallyson/Huemar Music, Inc.

Written By: Maynard (Mayno) Parker, Clyde (Buddy) Parker, and Hubert Eaves III

Musicians

Wee (Willie) Walker – Lead and Background Vocals

Maynard (Mayno) Parker – Lead Guitar and Solo

Clyde (Buddy) Parker – Lead & Rhythm Guitar

Nate Smith – Looploft drums

Toby Zeno – Bass

Billy Hollowman – Organ & Solo

Hubert Eaves III – Electric piano, Synth Horns & Organ Solo

Richard (Dicky) Lowe – Additional Guitar

Dedicated to the memory and spirit of “Old Rondo Ave,” Saint Paul, Minn. “We Remember”

Learning about what happened in the Rondo community while interviewing those who witnessed their homes being destroyed was heartbreaking. It was astounding the resilience they showed. It lit a fire in me. Rondo never stopped trying to rebuild what was there. It gave me a lot of confidence in myself to go after what I love to do in life. I learned that I-94 going through Rondo was a power struggle to limit what the black community could actually do. It didn’t stop us at all.

Jevrye Morris, HSRA student

If we know who we are and who we came from, it helps us to go forward in our lives. If we know nothing about our history, then how are we to know about our future?

Donna Evans, Rondo elder

Community reaction to viewing RONDO: Beyond the Pavement

The stories you will hear on this podcast are from the people who lived or live in the Rondo neighborhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

In the 1920s, Rondo, Saint Paul’s largest African American neighborhood, was flourishing. With music, theatre, African American newspapers, and businesses booming, the community was thriving—until September of 1956, when construction of Interstate 94 tore through the Rondo community. Rondo homeowners resisted the construction, and protests began. Residents were forcefully removed from their homes. Thousands of Rondo homeowners were displaced. Homes and successful businesses were demolished, and a community was torn apart.

The construction of 94 shattered homes, businesses, and families. It did not shatter Rondo’s spirit.

These are the stories of “RONDO: Beyond the Pavement.”

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Podcast 3

Rondo resident Donna Evans