This tie-in to animated film Sing 2 skips the traditional movie clips in favor of a documentary vibe that showcases young people whose lives were helped, if not saved, by music education, ending with a call to support Education Through Music, which provides music education services to schools.
Jack Antonoff might not be your typical romcom leading man, and he might be cursed with bad luck, but damned if he isn't persistant in getting the perfect take in this tie-in with new film Love, Simon.
Actor August Aiden portrays a trans teen who stops seeking to fit in at home and at school, and instead decides to let his colors shine without any shame or fear.
Dano Cerny, director: "The biggest challenge was finding a young trans actor who felt comfortable in the role. When I met August, he had never acted before but he was so comfortable with who he was that he was able to step into the role without fear and we were really lucky to find him. Mego (Lin, DP) and I went about shooting most scenes really intimately, just us and the actors. I wanted to feature real trans actors, so in addition to August, a lot of our background talent at the school are Trans actors playing themselves as students.
We were on set together the morning Trump announced the Transgender Military ban. I remember being in the kitchen with Wrable and August (lead actor) discussing how it suddenly felt like a call to action for us as artist. We were angry and frustrated but had this video to use as our way to spread love at time when we all could use so more of it. We wanted to include Trump’s presence subtly in the video to make him accountable for the lives he is impacting, the behavior he’s condoning and the people who suffer because of his choices. We all suffer as a community, but it really impacts people lives and we wanted to tell one version of the many stories out there about young people finding themselves."
Instead of playing chess with death, this life-or-death duel takes place on a basketball court where a young girl faces off against mortality under the judging and fiery eyes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
It's kind of like a perfect mash-up of the Seventh Seal, Mortal Kombat, Stranger Things and an Air Jordan commerical.
Avenged Sevenfold make the same kind of pivot with "Hail To The King" that Metallica made with "Enter Sandman." Big, bruising, simple, stylish and confident.
