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.Â
The video opens with a short prelude, playing out a scenario that is devastatingly all too common in society:Â 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...Â
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.Â
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
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- J
- 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
- J
Wardrobe
- Make-up
- Luza Makeover
- Wardrobe
- Olena Bibi
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