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Indochine 'Station 13' by Bouha Kazmi

David Knight - 23rd July 2018

Bouha Kazmi's video for legendary French band Indochine’s Station 13 is not for the fainthearted. Visceral, brutal and harrowing, it's also an extraordinary achievement.

Kazmi apparently takes us into the mid-century struggles for civil rights. It's a beautifully dramatised scenario that instantly evokes the battles against segregation in the American South, and against Apartheid in South Africa. But Kazmi adds another, almost biblical dimension to proceedings.

The black men who are being serially persecuted and beaten by police are revealed to be angels on Earth. The stark, dramatic black and white images - beautifully shot by Kaname Onoyama - are redolent of classic Magnum photography, but they are influenced just as much by the religious painting of Caravaggio and Rubens.

The themes of racism, suffering, police brutality are delivered with operatic gravity, leading to an almost unbearable finale - the ripping of an angel's wings from his body, in front of a crowd of onlookers.

It is harrowing, but also unforgettable: the most powerful indictment of man's perpetual weakness - the impulse to try to destroy what he does not understand and therefore fears.

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Bouha Kazmi
Producer
Sarah Tognazzi
Production Company
London Alley
Executive Producer
Jess Bell
Production Manager
Colin Greyvensteyn
1st AD
Westley Durand

Camera

Director of Photography
Kaname Onoyama

Art

Art Director
Laurence Bishop

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Moira Meyer
Hair
Nikkila Mann
Make-up
Nikkila Mann

Editorial

Editor
John Holloway
Editing company
Portobello Post

Grading

Colourist
Joseph Bicknell
Colour grade company

VFX

Post production company
Gloria FX

Agent

Director's Representation
OB Management

Commission

Label
Sony Music France

Other credits

2nd Unit Director

Sarah Tognazzi

2nd Unit Director Of Photography

Fabian Vettiger

SFX Designer

Chad Waller

Service Company

Triplane Films

Service Producer

Sophia Dewberry

Quoting Producer

Murray Macdonald

Production Coordinator

Philip Townsend

Production Assistant

Bruno Loureiro

Cast Coordinator

Paul Harker

2nd Assistant Director

Clynton Kleynhans

Unit Manager

Justin Bezuidenhout

Casting Director

Jaci Cheiman

Sound Design

Jason Peacock

David Knight - 23rd July 2018

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