The video for The Decemberists "This Is Why We Fight" plays down whatever militaristic fight song jingostic rah-rah bullshit that you might want to imagine. Instead, the video stars a group of bedraggled kids playing out a story of oppression and passive resistance. Consider it a higher-stakes version of "Sixteen Military Wives," the last video Aaron Stewart-Ahn directed for the band, in which a model UN devolves into chaos. --> watch "This Is Why We Fight"
The Decemberists "This Is Why We Fight" (Capitol)
Aaron Stewart-Ahn, director | Thom Fennessey, producer | Collaboration Factory, prod co. | Michael Ragen, DP | Jesse Atlas, editor | Stephanie Sparkman & Taylor Lyles, wardrobe | Justin Stegall, art director | Marc Todd Osborne, colorist |
