Film
Only in Toledo
Laughed at & ridiculed but kept on going strong. This is the story of DeShawn Willis and his mobile landscaping business!
![A Black man stands astride a bicycle which has a lawnmower attached to the back of it](https://assets.i2wdev.com/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMTEvMTcvMTQ1aGh4bXZiY19KdWxfMjBfMjAyMF9EYW5fTGlvcl9BZG9iZURvbm5hXzIwMjBfMDZfMjhfREFOX0xJT1JfT25seV9Jbl9Ub2xlZG9fQTgySTkzODguanBnIl0sWyJwIiwidGh1bWIiLCI4MDB4NDUwIyJdXQ/65ec53b0056d8e5a/Jul%2020%202020-%20Dan%20Lior%20-%20AdobeDonna%20-2020-06-28%20-%20DAN%20LIOR%20-%20Only%20In%20Toledo%20-%20A82I9388.jpg)
About
Running time
3 minutes
Country / Nationality
United States
Our Judges say:
follow your dreamJimmy Hyland
DeShawn very elegantly tells it like it is to be a black man in America.Simon Taylor
A just about perfect short film about a Toledo gardener cycling between jobs. SuperbPaul Hodgson Music Judge
When Deshawn's truck broke down, he had to find a way to get around to please his clients. While some would call his solution creative, others would consider it ghetto. But for Deshawn it didn't matter. He had a landscape business to maintain and a family to feed. This is the story of a man that did not let his circumstances stop him.