Vic Mensa - Shelter Ft. Wyclef Jean and Chance the Rapper
Description :
A tribute to my mother and the many thousands of African-Americans who have also succumbed to the virus at disproportionate levels. In the visual, a Chicago city block serves as a microcosm of the pandemic. We find the street littered with dead bodies, ignored and unacknowledged. Dancers carry flowers, and wear masks made of flowers. The flowers are placed on the victims who in a simple yet chilling final act, are replaced by mounds of coffin-shaped earth in the street. Most heartbreakingly of all, a narrative plays out of a mother and young son - who ends up mourning his mom. The video is intended to provide a righteous anger focused upon the human tragedy, the scale of the disaster, and honoring those who have passed. An unflinchingly great work for our troubled times. For a lot of people COVID-19 just feels like a moment in time, but for those who have lost, for me it's forever.
Awards :
Credits :
Director Andre Muir Producer Manny Caston Producer Troy Gueno
Director of Photography Allison Anderson 1st Camera Assistant Sam DiGiovani 2nd Camera Assistant Sonia Jourdain Steadicam Operator Erdem Ertal Drone Operator Christopher Morrison
First Assistant Director Saró Melero Bonnin Second Assistant Director Lua Borges Second Second AD Mike Knauer Producer / Casting Director Jake Bloom
Gaffer Seth Oberle Best Boy Electric Jeff Wexler Electric Yon Ziebarth Electric Carrie Graham
Production Designer CJ Aslan Set Decorator Zac Hall Art PA Sophia Smith Art PA Jame Langford
Vic’s Wardrobe Stylist Katherine Mateo Wardrobe Stylist Wyll Knight Wardrobe Assistant Nina Kallas Hair & Makeup Artist Erica Martens
Editor Nathan Rodgers Colorist Mikey Pehanich VFX Ryan Butterworth VFX Pablo Del Toro & Tyler Freeman DIT/Editor Asst. Sam Kelly
Truck Driver Jordan Macy Key PA John Sampson Artist PA Bianca Brown PA Eric King PA Andrew Rempala PA Jelani Pinkston PA John White Health & Safety Officer Somer Benson
2nd Unit DP Eric Schleicher 2nd Unit AC Alex Huang PA Nathan Bahadursingh
3rd Unit DP Brandon Hoeg 3rd Unit AC Alan Dembek
Special Thanks Maximus Trejo Jake Krez Donnie Biggins Michelle Thompkins Pogi Studios & Camera Ambassador