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Laura Mcmillan

Canadian director Peter Huang has already made a number of powerful videos for Canadian-Colombian singer Jessie Reyez - including the extraordinary <a href="https://www.madrukent.com/jessie-reyez-body-count/" target="_blank">Body Count</a> and her pugnacious turn <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/12/31/eminem-ft-jessie-reyez-good-guy-peter-huang/56626" target="_blank">opposite Eminem in Good Guy</a>. Their latest collaboration is for&nbsp;Far Away, which is deceptively powerful with a humanitarian purpose.This starts as one thing - a conventional, mildly salacious&nbsp;pop promo - before Huang starts to undermine the prevailing reality. We see this scene is being watched on TV by two generations of males in a lower-income American family, intercut with shots of Trump.Huang's next reality is a Saturday night dance, featuring Reyez dancing with her boyfriend, among other couples - a serenity shattered by tear gas cannisters and ICE officials tearing people from their loved ones. Her lover is then visualised in a colourful Latin-esque portrait with his mother - and then he's dead in her arms.Huang's imaginative use of imagery creates a sense of unease and chaos which serves to evoke the fear and horror created by Trump's immigration policies, the violence suffered by immigrants at the hands of ICE officers.&nbsp;The video implores viewers to 'be part of the solution'&nbsp;and directs them to JessieReyez.com, where three non-profit organizations are tagged: the American Civil Liberties Union, Al Otro Lado and The Florence Project.In an official statement shared with&nbsp;CBS News, the singer has said: “I see myself in those that are being wrongfully persecuted. I see my dad anytime I see people disrespecting a Latino because they can’t speak English properly. I see those things. I wanted to make it as potent a visual as possible. So it can be a catalyst in your brain.”

Canada

Peter Huang

Katy Maravala

Mad Ruk Entertainment

Mauricio Ruiz

Kris Bonnell

Noelle Hindi

Steph Major

Alison Sharp

Conor Fisher

Alter Ego

Ryan Freer

Jessie Reyez 'Far Away' by Peter Huang

Jessie-Reyez-'Far-Away'-by-Peter-Huang

Peter Huang&#39;s video for Good Guy is an architypal Eminem in many ways - dark, cartoonish violent action on-screen acts as an expression of verbal rage. And it gets back to the domestic scenario - albeit Big House domestic - where Eminem has always been at his most anguished.But here it&#39;s a genuine dual. Jessie Reyez returns from the grave to trade verbal blows with Em, and mete out her grisly revenge.Well let&#39;s face it, he deserved it.

United States

Cisco Newman

Adam Rodness

Rey Mendoza

Joshua Reis

Kathy Angstadt

Aftermath

Eminem ft Jessie Reyez 'Good Guy' by Peter Huang

Eminem - Good Guy ft. Jessie Reyez

Rather than make one video for their collaboration on Work, Rihanna and Drake have made two, and put them back-to-back in the&nbsp;same page. Two for the price of one for the fans, and on various levels, it&nbsp;just works.The first is the bigger production, a dance party in the Jamaican restaurant The Real Jerk, and with Drake&#39;s involvement and the long reach of Hotline Bling all over the track, it&#39;s perfect territory for Director X&nbsp;to deliver a video with a slick, sexy yet&nbsp;mellow vibe. Nicely done, so it doesn&#39;t seem like work at all.&nbsp;

Director X

Hound Content

Creative Soul

Missy Galanida

Isaac Rice

Taj Critchlow

Harv Glazer

Daniel Bouquet

Luti Media

Tim Erem

Rihanna ft Drake 'Work' by Director X & Tim Erem

Rihanna - Work (Explicit) ft. Drake

The Director X-helmed video for Drake&rsquo;s Hotline Bling,&nbsp;sees the rapper inhabit some&nbsp;sleek, futuristic rooms&nbsp;in which monochromatic colours bounce of the walls and curvaceous ladies&nbsp;show off their shapely&nbsp;silhouettes.&nbsp;However these elements simply provide an&nbsp;atmospheric backdrop&nbsp;to an ample showcase of&nbsp;Drake&#39;s &#39;internet breaking&#39;&nbsp;dance moves, such as the telephone hands,&nbsp;side-to-side head bobbing and some unexpectedly Latin grooves...&nbsp;

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