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Director / Editor Ross Harris
D.P. Yamit Shimonovitz
In cahoots with Conscious Minds.
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PAPER Magazine did a cool little feature on it.
This is an idea I've had for a while now. When Blake at Conscious Minds asked me if I had any cool video ideas I hit him with this. We called in about 30 seniors and I had them recite a Robert Frost poem. Then I gave them some Wu Tang lyrics and asked them to recite them in the same manner. It was obvious I had hit on something special from that very first casting session. Not just a laugh. We knew we were going to get those. But these seniors added so much poignancy and passion to the words. They had a blast too. No one asks much of these great people. They end up as a punchline or a source of pity. Fuck that. These folks are alive.