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One fateful morning in the summer of 2017, Jidenna Mobisson found himself on the wrong end of the barrel of a gun. Armed with weapons and warrants, local police officers flooded the eight-bedroom mansion he and his team had been subletting in the suburbs of Atlanta. Unbeknownst to the world-renowned entertainer, the home’s owner had been grievously delinquent on mortgage payments and had lost the house in a foreclosure auction. Jidenna was being evicted. As movers dumped his possessions into boxes, the home’s new residents watched from the sidelines and smiled at his misfortune. Reflecting on the moment that would ultimately set the stage for his remarkable new album, “85 to Africa,” he says that being unceremoniously booted from his home of three years, “felt like the story of being black in America. We’re living in this beautiful house by the lake, that cul-de-sac life. Everything is dandy, career’s going well, we’re paying the lease on time, we’re doing everything right and then, out of nowhere, at 6am in the morning, we’re displaced.” His cup-de-sac dreams dashed and a tour looming on the horizon, Jidenna decided to hit the road and not return to the United States until the spirit moved him. “We had no where to come home,” he says, “so we ended up going back to Africa.
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Director / @wes_walker_
Producers / @sampressman @wes_walker_
Cinematography / @wes_walker_
Editor / @rexkane.hart
Sound Design / @elkklemusic
Colorist / @josephbicknell @company_3
Production / @wondaland @fearandfancy @epicrecords @sonymusicglobal
Cast / @naledimogadime . @romangianarthur . @nanakwabena . @dr_protection . @madamkateri . @thecatchmeifyoucan . @swif_biko . @tshepojeans & Sibusio Ngwyena & Banele Mokoena
Dancers (ATL) / @malaika_slt . @_jasany . @montemuse . @mariamshous . @10kdreads . Ibrahim Moreland & Ignatusa Barnes
Dancers (SA) / Nkosana Mathiebela, Thabiso Mokoena
… & many more who gave energy and time. Thank you all!
ATLANTA
Producer / @yusufyuie
Production Designer / @setbyskye
AC / @rexkane.hart
Hair / @keda_thebarberbae . @parriswagner
PA / @thedavidjvasquez
Location Manager / Mario Hill
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa Unit Production Manager / @i_am_mark1
Assistant Director / @anathablackartist
Production Designer & AC / @apetown101
Gaffer & Unit Photographer / @katzvisions
Key Grip / @shordy_mac22
Stylist / @whippawiley
Tailor / Ismael
NAMIBIA
Namibia Unit Production Manager / @martinshimali
Production Designer & AC / @apetown101
MUA / @renatenam_art
Stylists / @whippawiley @madamkateri
PA / @masterfluent @aalaofficial
LOS ANGELES
Assistant Director / @stylekouncil
Production Designer / @setbyskye
Art Director / @maxvonloeb
AC / @nenzenlovencarl
Key Grip / @matt_planer_dp
Gaffer / @adamschaffer.5
Swing / @oliviaroseriportella
Stunt Coordinator / Jason Sanfilippe
MUA / @glamxkam
Cast / @twopointoh
Stylist / @whippawiley
Playback / @addope @nanakwabena
Photographers / @tylradams . @patrickstruys
PA / @nosmoke.nomirrors . @movin4ward2 . @zuzuchiama
Equipment / Special thanks @elementcamera . @lensworksrentals
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25 июл 2019
