Shoot Promos on Race, Class, Gender, Etc

  "It's like a palm tree by the ocean that endures the greatest winds because it knows how to gracefully bend" - Stephen Kendrick If you're on a plane descending into Los Angeles for the first time, or driving through the streets of LA, one thing you may notice is the presence of palm trees. The palm tree is synonymous with Los Angeles: a symbol of luxury, wealth, exoticism, and paradise. They were planted intentionally as "street trees", despite lacking any functional uses of shade, reduction of heat, clean air, and fruit. But their uniqueness allowed them to grow and thrive everywhere, from beaches and boardwalks, major streets to tiny residential streets, the affluent neighborhoods to the hood, they're a unifying symbol. No matter where you reside, look outside of your window and you'll see a palm tree. Compared to more densely populated and vertical mega cities like New York and Tokyo, Los Angeles is much more horizontally spread out, with palm t...