A very powerful spoken word video dropped today starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner, David Bianchi, and Chris Wood. You Can’t Hear Me is directed by Christopher Folkens and is a socio-political outcry about the state of America in the wake of the Trump residency told entirely in Spoken Word poetry. It is a piece that grabs you with its message and the depiction of the gravity of a situation, however the message is clear – we can change the situation if we come together.
The words of the spoken poetry were written by Malcolm-Jamal Warners and spoken word artist-producer Bianchi, and spoken word artist Wood. Brennan Williams interviewed Jamal Warners for his the Black Voices Huffpost talk where they talked about the importance or promoting unity, which is what the bottom line of the short film:
“Our differences ? in race, sexual preference, economic ? have always been used as distractions to keep us divided,” Jamal Warners. “We get so wrapped up in our own stories that we can’t hear each other. I want the take away to be that we are all in the same boat.”
“To ignore injustices such as the few we address in the film simply because they may not seem to affect you directly right now, is to leave yourself unprepared when their effects show up at your front door,” he added. “That’s the awareness we want to continue to bring to light as we stand in solidarity with activists and the politicians who really are doing their work for the people.”
For more info on this short check out Williams’ full article HERE
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