This video is almost as gory as the gruesome horror flick Hostel, but it's way scarier. Underground rap icon El-P finds himself in the clutches of hooded torturers, who are intent on beating every ounce of "truth" out of him. What makes it so scary is not just that he is being held by what looks to be American forces in a facility like Guantanamo Bay, but that the actions depicted here are probably not that great an exaggeration of what is really being done in our names at terrorist detention centers around the world. As such, it makes perfect sense that "Smithereens (Stop Crying)" debuted at the New York Times Web site --> watch "Smithereens (Stop Crying)" (Flash version from NYtimes.com)
El-P "Smithereens (Stop Crying)" (Definitive Jux)
Cassidy Gearhart, director | Julian King, producer | In Secret Agreement / Herzliya Films, production co's | Jody Lee Lipes, DP | Nathan Caswell, editor
