Dear Friends,
This week, while filming Brotherhood, our cast and crew were welcomed into a small, family-run Mexican restaurant in South Salt Lake City called El Meños. The owners, a wonderful Mexican family, opened their doors to us, fed us, and treated us like their own.
But along the way, they shared something with us that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. More than once, they’ve been made to feel like they don’t belong in this neighborhood.
That, my friends, is the inherent conflict at the heart of the story we’re telling on screen with Brotherhood — except that for this family, it isn’t a story. It’s Monday mornings. Tuesday afternoons. All day. Every day. A real family doing honest work to build a life and being told that they’re not welcome here.
So we have a simple idea.
On Monday, between 6 and 9 PM, we’ll be back at El Meños for dinner, this time as guests, on our day off. We’d love for you to join us.
Come hungry. Bring your family. Sit with the cast and crew. Let’s show these great people what it looks like when a community says, “You belong here.”
This is what brotherhood looks like off the screen. Small acts of love, right within our own communities.
El Meños is located at 73 W 1700 S in Salt Lake City. We’ll be there Monday, April 27th any time between 6:00-9:00 PM.
If Monday doesn’t work, find another night this month and go anyway. Take a friend. Tip well. Let them know you came because of Brotherhood.
I’ll see you on Monday for some excellent carne asada, enchiladas, and mariscos.
@rossboothe Writer-Director | Brotherhood: A Cinematic Musical #dogood #neighborshelpingneighbors #kindnessmatters❤️
