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damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2015, 01:33 PM Apr 2015

How Artists Are Taking On Police Brutality

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*Set during the Civil Rights Movement, the video for “New York Raining” opens with Hamilton in a jail cell typing a letter about being confined (in prison and as a black person in society) to his romantic partner, Patricia. It then flashes back to the two participating in a group protest, chanting about justice with raised fists. Between shots of Hamilton playing a piano on a rooftop and Ora looking elegant, we see more flashbacks of the two planning additional protests while falling in love. "

http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/04/15/3646763/2-sets-artists-2-music-videos-2-ways-understanding-police-brutality/
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