″While Mr. Norman himself was white he saw the discrimination against African American actors and the market and films and art that centered on African Americans and their stories,” Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said on Friday.
Mayor Deegan is talking about Richard E Norman, who in 1916, was among the nation’s first to produce films starring African Americans characters playing non-stereotypical characters. Friday’s event marks the grand opening of the Norman Studios silent museum.
Among the items exhibited for the first time are Richard Norman’s desks, tables, filing cabinets, chairs, and photographs of his film Regeneration. “Silent films, starting in 1895, moving into the 1920s, were one of the major impetus toward the American culture permeating the entire world. This is so significant that we have this legacy represented by this complete five-building studio complex,” museum curator, Barbara Wingo, said.″Arlington is so historic, and throughout Jacksonville we have so much rich history, right here in Jacksonville, in Arlington,” Property Appraiser, Joyce Morgan, said.
The Norman Studios Silent Film Museum will open to the public for the first time Saturday, August 19, from 3 to 6pm. It’s located at 6337 Arlington Road. It is free and open to the public.
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