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Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Direction / Long Form / 2023
Hitting the bittersweet emotional notes of the music, director Akinola Davis Jr shares an allegorical and enigmatic story in the Kokoroko's music video. The video is filled with religious metaphors, which hint at the idea of a second coming in this outlier community. A journey through pregnancy, birth, exorcism, and ascension is told sensitively, showing not just the hardship of life in poverty, but the humanity, grace, and beauty thriving within.
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