Wade In the Water: A Tiny Film Fest to celebrate #Juneteenth at the Historic Belmar Park, June 19, 2021. The Film Fest featured the premiere of BELONGING, a Belmar History + Art site-specific film honoring early African Americans in Santa Monica. This outdoor screening of short films celebrates Black culture and the water. From spiritual rituals to migration and sports, water is an integral part of how we rejuvenate and restore joy. Pre-event activities included food trucks and music by DJ Moni Vargas. Participants were encouraged to explore the historic panels and public sculpture, “A Resurrection in Four Stanzas” along the park’s walking path. This event commemorated America’s second Independence Day, when the Union general in Galveston, Texas read the federal orders of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation proclaiming all previously enslaved people in Texas were free, two years after the adoption of the proclamation.