Belafonte Sensacional 'Negro Soledad' by Emilio Guerrero Alexander
Rob Ulitski - 25th Mar 2025
Emilio Guerrero Alexander directs a dazzling black and white promo for Mexican rock band Belafonte Sensacional.
The video for Negro Soledad follows a man on a trippy journey through abstract cityscapes, battling his mind and his environment as he traverses an endless warren of streets.Â
Shot largely using Snorricam - and in the second half breaking into a nostalgic and eery film negative aesthetic - the video balances an unsettling mood with strangely comforting, relatable moments, very much driven by the central performance. It's a suitably unusual video for an unusual track. Â
"[The video]Â is an inward, dark journey," the director explains. "It frames a city ready to devour us while we wage a battle against ourselves, the demons of all those solitudes that coexist in this place as terrible as it is luminous.
"It's black and white because that's what 21st-century Mexico City is like: a contrast of realities that force us to engage in a delirious dance as a means of survival. It's about going out to break into a thousand pieces between the lights and shadows of a city that exhausts."
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Emilio Guerrero Alexander
- Producer
- Producer
- Producer
- Production Company
- Production Manager
- 1st AD
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- Director of Photography
- Focus Puller
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
Casting
- Lead actor
Editorial
- Editor
Grading
- Colourist
Rob Ulitski - 25th Mar 2025