video premiere: san francisco rock-n-soul band con brio drop politically charged, anti-police brutality video ‘free and brave’

Our first premiere of the day comes from Bay Area rock-n-soul band Con Brio and their latest visual for the politically charged, ‘Free and Brave’. The song itself is a bittersweet retrospective of what it means to be black in America, the so-called land of the free, home of the brave that routinely brutalizes and oppresses the poor and communities of color. “Living in Oakland during the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement really impacted my relationship with the injustices and hardships we collectively endure in America,“ says lead singer Ziek McCarter. ”My father was killed at the hands of law enforcement and I remember biking home from attending rallies and marches still feeling consumed and helpless. I then decided that I wanted my actions to reflect the love & liberation I wanted to see in this world. Working with Frank Door & Robin Easterbrook only crystallized that positive perseverance we all aimed to present with this song & music video.”

Director – Frank Door
Producer – Robin Easterbrook
DoP – Clay Kempf

Picture credit: Amy Price

Picture credit: Celeste Lindahl

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