Big E revealed that the animated short film will feature original music and will prominently include the story of Ruby Bridges, who famously became one of the first Black students to attend a previously all-white school starting in 1960. Rather than focusing on grief and tragedy, Ewen shared that he had different aspirations when helping develop this project with Davenport and Hale.

“I think, for a lot of people, education — especially Black history — can be filled with pain and trauma,” Ewen said. “So we wanted to make it fun and engaging and give you an entertaining story. We have this nine-foot robot and futuristic museum, but we want to tell this story of Ruby Bridges using hip-hop, using sci-fi, using animation.”

Bringing together education and entertainment can be difficult to balance, but Ewen’s original inspiration, “Schoolhouse Rock,” did just that. The upcoming “Bridges” project holds a lot of importance for Ewen for various reasons, and that includes making sure future generations remember the struggles of the past.

“That’s the goal, is to teach our kids these stories, because they need to know about the Ruby Bridges of the world,” Ewen stated. “They need to know about the James Baldwins of the world. Especially in Florida, you have too many people who are trying to erase our history. They’re trying to pretend like it never happened, and we want to make sure these stories are never forgotten.”