Just Dance: Blood Echoes
Director: Amy Gardner
This film is a black-and-white, solo portrait of Gabe dancing to express a pure, raw emotion.
One of the most affecting parts of this film is the story behind the soundtrack, “Come Out”, by pre-eminent minimalist composer Steve Reich. The track features a five-second loop taken from a 1960s tape recording of Daniel Hamm, who was severely beaten by police to get him to confess to a crime he did not commit as part of the trial of The Harlem Six.
“Historically, this song is connected to police brutality and we wanted to echo the injustice that was happening during that time through Gabe‘s movements and the overall tone of the film,” says Gardner. “We also felt that by using this reference we could subtly highlight the lack of evolution in the past 56 years with these types of hate crimes and racism.”
source: Nowness
