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Dominican Rep. Childish Gambino: This Is America (Music Video)
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- Original title
- Childish Gambino: This Is America
- Year
- 2018
- Running time
- 4 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Donald Glover
Calvin C. Winbush- Angela Romeo
SZA- Jackie Falcon
Al Burke- Dominic Vedder
- Kenneth Beck
- William B. Simmons II
- Rhyan Hill
- Olabisi Kovabel
- Rose Marie Brown
- Justin Titus
- Motown Maurice
- Angela Iranna Perkins
- Chris Carr
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Musical. Drama | Music Video. Social Drama. Satire. Short Film
- Synopsis
- The video contains many scenes involving violence. It starts off with a shirtless Gambino dancing through a warehouse, interacting with a series of chaotic scenes. According to Murai, the video was inspired by the films Mother! and City of God. Prettyman states "The video tests us, taunting us to keep pace as we try to decode every gesture and calculation". Choreographed by Sherrie Silver, Gambino and his entourage of young dancers perform several viral dance moves including the South African Gwara Gwara and "Shoot" popularized by BlocBoy JB, who is one of the ad-lib contributors on the song. Gambino's dancing is contrasted against moments of violence. Only 53 seconds into the video, Gambino shoots a man in the back of the head with a handgun, while assuming a comical stance similar to a Jim Crow caricature. The first person depicted as being shot in the video, a guitarist who had been accompanying Gambino's singing up to that point, was musician Calvin the Second, but was initially mistaken by many viewers to be the father of 17-year-old gun violence victim Trayvon Martin. This first shooting also marks a transition in the music, from an African "folk-inspired melody" to "dark, pulsing trap". (Source: Wikipedia)
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2018: MTV Music Video Awards: Nominated for Best Video of the Year2018: MTV Europe Music Video Awards: nominated to Video of the Year.
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