Samantha Crain's Provocative "Killer" Video Premieres on Diffuser.fm
SAMANTHA CRAIN'S "KILLER" VIDEO
SHINES A HEARTBREAKING LIGHT ON POLICE BRUTALITY
IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
LOS
ANGELES, CA - Friday, July 24, 2015 -- "Killer," the new video from
singer-songwriter Samantha Crain, presents a narrative on the police
brutality that is directed at people of color, and through it, the
viewer is challenged to speak up in opposition to the injustice and
inequality that has been long unacknowledged, but now validated by cell
phone videos and social media.
Diffuser.fm is premiering the video and it can be seen here.
Directed
by Houston-based filmmakers Weston Getto Allen and Dorian Electra, the
"Killer" video was inspired by Michael Brown, who was brutally gunned
down on a Ferguson, MO street by police officer Darren Wilson, Freddie Gray's "rough ride" in a Baltimore police van that led to his traumatic death, and
John Crawford, shot by police in an Ohio Walmart while facing away from
the officers, on his cell phone, holding a toy BB gun he had picked up
off a store shelf.
According to Allen and Electra, "'Killer' tells the story of Evan, an African American boy
who dreams of becoming a police officer in order to better his community, but who is killed by the police because of the color of his skin." The video stars Evan Horsley and was filmed in Houston's Third Ward and at the historic African American Olivewood Cemetery in Houston. Dating back to the 1870s, it was the first African American burial ground within Houston's city limits, and was established on land that was formerly a graveyard for slaves.
who dreams of becoming a police officer in order to better his community, but who is killed by the police because of the color of his skin." The video stars Evan Horsley and was filmed in Houston's Third Ward and at the historic African American Olivewood Cemetery in Houston. Dating back to the 1870s, it was the first African American burial ground within Houston's city limits, and was established on land that was formerly a graveyard for slaves.
While Crain refers to Under Branch & Thorn & Tree as
her "underdog" album, it is a protest album, plain and simple. It
focuses on every-day, small town life and the challenges of the working
class who have lost their voice in today's "one-percenter" society.
"The oligarchy we live under today is not the republic
we were promised and it is important to see that and to take action,"
said Crain. "I'm not trying to win arguments, I just want to get people
involved in the conversation."
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