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Having collaborated with Headie One and Fred again.. on her latest release, FKA twigs has collaborated&nbsp;with director Emmanuel Adjei on the magisterial video for Don't Judge Me - a metaphorical exploration of&nbsp;the experience of being Black and British today.This is&nbsp;a double whammy of two distinct sequences that have their own riveting quality, and then weave together towards the greater message. Like most things created by twigs and Adjei - directors who are working together for the first time -&nbsp;they gradually create&nbsp;an indelible&nbsp;impression.[imgtoken data:1]On the one hand, there is twigs herself, sitting in a chair&nbsp;a grand room in a grand English house. But can she escape what reveals itself to be a gilded cage. Before she can get through the door of the room, unseen forces drag her back to the chair. When she negotiates the door, she only gets so far before flying back to her first position once again. It's a continual struggle, which increasingly calls upon angular choreography as well as wirework.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;And then in a mysterious counter-scenario to twigs's struggles, we are taken into another scene, the details of strange and shocking&nbsp;sculpture, and the people surrounding it. The artwork is Kara Walker's fountain sculpture Fons Americanus, a&nbsp;satirical take on a classic Victorian mode of art, cast in concrete - which has exhibited at the Tate Modern in London. The cast around the sculpture are eminent Black Britons - listed below - who have shared a particular struggle, shaped by&nbsp;cultural, systemic and structural biases,&nbsp;to be who they have become.[imgtoken data:2]"From someone’s appearance, we are unable to judge whether a person discriminates over colour, sex, religion, or gender," says Emmanuel Adjei, talking about the theme of The Invisible Oppressor, which has informed the video for Don't Judge Me.&nbsp;"The oppressors within the people surrounding us, most often remain invisible until their abuse against others is revealed. This is one of the reasons why, for generations, discrimination is so hard to fight. Who must the victim fight against if it can’t identify the perpetrator?[imgtoken data:3]"In this audio-visual document we get to witness artists FKA Twigs and Headie One, amongst other Black British influentials, fighting against invisible forces of judgement and oppression. Having the enormous Victorian-inspired fountain 'Fons Americanus'&nbsp;by visual artist Kara Walker - depicting the historical, sorrowful story of slavery and colonization - as our setting, and particularly as the spirit of the film, this important monument creates another layer of depth and meaning to an invisible yet shared history."

Emmanuel Adjei

FKA Twigs

Alex Chamberlain

Object & Animal

Morgan Clement

Dom Thomas

Chanel Parkinson

Ty Hack

Paul Özgür

Michael Hobdell

Jomar O’Meally

William Pope

Paulina Rzeszowska

Theo White

Taiba Taiba

Marina Belfon-rose

Trim Editing

Joppo Te Veldhuizen

De Grot

Mathematic

Hadi Dahrouge

Fred Brandon

Matthew Josephs

Scott Wright

Young Turks

Elisa Spigariol

Bea Sweet

Mikaella Zarka

XL Recordings

FKA twigs, Headie One, Fred again.. 'Don't Judge Me' by Emmanuel Adjei & FKA twigs 

Fka-Twigs,-Headie-One,-Fred-Again...-'Don't-Judge-Me'-by-Emmanuel-Adjei-&-Fka-Twigs-

Meji Alabi directs a love letter to Kingston, Jamaica with his new video for Chronixx.&nbsp;Shot largely on 16mm, the colourful promo highlights the energy of the capital city, elevated by slick performance and an unabashed love for dance and music culture. Oh, and Chronixx travels serenely around Kingston on a floating armchair...&nbsp;DoP Jaime Ackroyd captures the unique vibe of the city - and the people within it -&nbsp;through energetic handheld shots and plenty of zooms, creating a dynamic and lively&nbsp;aesthetic.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Jamaica

Meji Alabi

J. Adesanya

JM Films

Jaime Ackroyd

Mike Hannides

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Oliver Whitworth

Simon Dewey

We Are Covert 

Grant Sandy Phillips

Cinelab Film and Digital

Reggae

Dancehall

Chronixx 'Cool As The Breeze' by Meji Alabi

Chronixx-'Cool-As-The-Breeze/friday'-by-Meji-Alabi

Chris Saunders celebrates a decade of Little Dragon in the video for Where You Belong.&nbsp;Utilising over ten years of documentation, shot by the band and filmmaker Pether Lindgren, the footage was collected and curated over a two month period, and edited during the restrictions of lockdown.&nbsp;Spanning a multitude of memories and snapshots of everyday moments, the visual is interweaved with a new live performance, that was remotely directed by Saunders.&nbsp;The edit style is high-energy and colourful, layering footage in quirky and unique ways. A spattering of lo-fi VFX and rotoscoping creates an artistic and abstract aesthetic, that works perfectly within the celebratory concept. It's intended to feel fragmented, as if within the mind's eye of the band members, and takes us through a visceral replay of Little Dragon's story and memories.

Sweden

Chris Saunders

Shabana Mansuri

BELIEVE MEDIA

James Covill

Luke Morrison

Sam Aldridge

Felix Geen

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Ninja Tune

Tim O’Driscoll

Cesar Wehlander

Trip hop

Synth Pop

Little Dragon 'Where You Belong' by Chris Saunders

Little Dragon - 'Where You Belong' (Official Video)

From a Caribbean beach to busy London streets, Dan Henshaw shows the importance of cricket to different nations and generations, through the journey of a cricket ball.&nbsp;And he mixes in the good vibes of singer Loryn getting together with her pals from Rudimental, in the video for Stand By, the official song of the 2019 Cricket World Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Dan Henshaw

Vanessa Mc Donnell

Common People Films

Ramy Dance

Jerome Franc

Franklin Dow

Juan Minotta

Holly Smyth

Alex Cullen

Ben Austin

Rhiannon Barry

Grace Gray

James Dyer

Town Productions

Tim Smith

CHEAT

Ntropic

Aidan Gibbons

Anna Mcauley

Las Bandas Be Brave

Stephanie Haughton

Black Butter

Tony Roberts

Loryn ft Rudimental 'Stand By' by Dan Henshaw

Rudimental-X-Loryn-'Stand-By'-by-Dan-Henshaw

Fredo and Dave&#39;s follow-up to their smash hit Funky Friday has inspired a very strong, dramatic video, chronicling the reality of life for&nbsp;young black males in London.It&#39;s another hugely assured step&nbsp;into cinematic territory by director KLVDR.

KLVDR

Erin Sayder

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Rosa Junkovic

Chris Malin

David Wright

Nicola Beattie

Shawn Wright

Elena Isolini

Phillip Hambi

Hip Hop

Grime

Fredo ft Dave 'All I Ever Wanted' by KLVDR

Fredo-Feat-Dave-'All-I-Ever-Wanted'-by-Klvdr

Anna Calvi&#39;s rousing new song - which she describes as &quot;about being free to identify yourself in whichever way you please, without any restraints from society&rdquo; &ndash; has inspired this relentlessly sensual visual directed by William Kennedy.Calvi is the intense central figure among a&nbsp;group of writhing dancers, their bodies wrapped around her like lovers - or are they holding her back? The mass of bodies, spotlit through the darkness, is the focus of the video throughout, and Kennedy builds the tension as Calvi ends Don&#39;t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy with an extraordinary extended battle cry.&nbsp;

William Kennedy

Harri Kamalanathan

Daniella Manc

Stefan Yap

Santi Rodriguez

Tomomi Roppongi

Lauren Reynolds

Lewis Crossfield

Caroline Clayton

Anna Mould

Eira Wyn Jones

Imogen Snell

Rock

Anna Calvi 'Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy' by William Kennedy

Anna-Calvi-'Don't-Beat-The-Girl-Out-Of-My-Boy'-by-William-Kennedy

Raine Allen-Miller uses the motifs of classical religious painting and gives them a contemporary relevance in her video for Denai Moore.As the camera moves out from Denai&#39;s face, she is revealed as the&nbsp;central figure in a tableaux featuring characters each representing different aspects of the human condition. The symbolic nature of these characters is reinforced by bursts of animation and finally,the arrival of balloon sharks floating above the scene.

Matt Newman

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