Dear fellow listers, My first narrative music video is out and I thought I would share it with my Remedy family! I am feeling quite blessed that through my hobby, I am able to do something good for the society and convey a good message. Synopsis of music video: 'Follow' is a short narrative music video that casts a critical eye on surveillance within the Muslim-American community. Set to Professor A.L.I.’s Divina Commedia II: Purge Story, many of the motifs used in the video are intentionally derivative of political espionage thrillers that depict Islam and the followers of Islam as the enemy. 'Follow' is about the human right to freedom of religion, and the threat to all of our freedoms when any group is not allowed to openly follow and practice their beliefs. My character(J.D.):
A guy who has got everything in his life but is empty from within and wants to do something substantial, but not sure what yet. While surfing channels on TV, he sees this Muslim leader(Imam) and gets attracted towards him and wants to know more about him and Islam religion. Eventually he finds his ultimate faith(even though Imam gets detained) and prepares himself to lead it and ultimately becomes a Muslim scholar and starts preaching it. What attracted me to do this film: I am Hindu myself. The Buddhist concept of "Ap Dipo Bhava"(Once Someone or Some Concept lights up your internal candle, go ahead and walk on the path on your own, much less lit other candles too on the way) was clearly seen and the fact that one is free to select any path to reach Ultimate Truth and follow it regardless of what anyone else thinks of it is what attracted me to do this film. I could clearly see a "setubandh"(cohesion) of ideas & religious/spiritual concepts with no friction in-between. P.S.: You will not see my name in the credits list and I am thankful to my director Stacey Goodman(staceygoodman.com) for accepting my request. There is a personal reason for it (which I will reveal when right time comes) and it has nothing to do with the plot of the story. Not that I am boasting myself, but I did not take/demand any money for acting in this film(not that it is excellent LOL!) nor was there the budget, but for causes like this you don't take money. I was compensated for my gas expenses. I did it only because it had a great message for the society. If you like the message conveyed in this video, its my humble request, please share it and spread the word around. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnFmIQEg-QI Btw, if you have time and are interested in watching (and laughing :) ), you can see some of my acting videos here (its in Hindi and English). http://www.youtube.com/user/cbsss11/videos?view=0&flow=grid Have a great day everyone! Best Regards, Chintan. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
