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Akon 'Ain't No Peace' by JAROP

Rob Ulitski - 23rd Oct 2020

Roles are reversed in JAROP's thought-provoking promo for Akon's Ain't No Peace. 

The video opens with a short prelude, playing out a scenario that is devastatingly all too common in society: a black man having his life threatened by police for something exceedingly minor - in this case Akon using his phone in his car. A struggle ensues, the officer's gun goes off... 

Then script flips and we travel back in time, where the same officer is running from a mob, a hauntingly striking change of dynamic. Continuing in this vein, the video plays out with a complete role reversal, from the slave trade to current-day police slaughters. 

The visual delivers a cutting polemic on society's attitudes to racism, whilst also extending a beacon of hope, something that is so desperately needed today.

Rob Ulitski - 23rd Oct 2020

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  • Narrative
  • Performance
  • Hip Hop
  • Rap

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Credits

Production/Creative

Director
Producer
Marco Sroka
Production Company
Black Flamingo Films
Executive Producer
Javier Romero
Production Manager
Edwin Escoboza
1st AD
J Dash

Camera

Director of Photography
Arturo Vasquez
Focus Puller
Alejandro Villegas

Art

Art Director

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Olena Bibi
Make-up
Luza Makeover

Casting

Casting director
Ulanova Talents

Editorial

Editor
Daniel Mella
Editing company
Black Flamingo Films

Grading

Colourist
Leo Zuloaga
Grading company
Symmetry Color Grading Studio

VFX

Post production company
Balkong Studios

Commission

Label
Konvict

Rob Ulitski - 23rd Oct 2020

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