New vid! "The Greatest," multifandom SF/F/H characters of color extravaganza
A year ago January, 
resolute won a vid from me as part of the
FandomTrumpsHate charity auction. Her most intriguing request:
a multi-fandom vid set to Sia's "The Greatest" reveling in the bad-ass wonderfulness of characters of color in SF/F/horror TV and movies of the last 3-5 years.
I don't watch a lot of TV shows, but the music and concept called to me, and I couldn't resist the challenge. Fifteen months, a ton of help and approximately 75 new or new-to-me sources later, I'm proud to present:
Title: The Greatest
Fandom: Multi
Music: by Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar (edited)
Length: 4:27
Content notes: character deaths (2:38, 3:14, 3:20-3:31), zombie beheading (:25-:26), characters being shot at (but not harmed), character briefly being choked, character played by the late Nelsan Ellis
Physical notes: lightning/electricity flickers (:46-:52), shaky cam
Spoilers: The 100, Agents of SHIELD, Doctor Strange, Gotham, The Magicians, People of Earth, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sleepy Hollow, Star Trek: Discovery, Supernatural, Timeless, X-Men: First Class, Z Nation
AO3 | Tumblr | Twitter | Vimeo | YouTube | download at Mediafire (60 MB .rar) + subtitles (.srt) + character/source IDs (.srt)
THANK YOU
To
resolute for donating, originating the concept and song, and working with me to shape the final product.
To the
FandomTrumpsHate auction team for providing the opportunity to vid for charity.
To
wiscon_vidparty for granting an extension that allowed this to be finished in time for the con.
To the army of fan friends who honed the character list, advised on key episodes for dozens of the shows I hadn't seen, provided source, helped me think things through (and sometimes helped me stop thinking so much), recommended software, reviewed drafts, and more: anoel, arduinna, bonibaru, cathexys, cherry, cinco & R., deelaundry, disgruntled_owl, dolorosa_12, DrGlam, elipie, eruthros, ghost_lingering, happydork, kiki_miserychic, laurashapiro, llincathryn, longwhitecoats, lurrel, merisunshine36, metatxt, mific, monanotlisa, NicasioSilang, no_detective, par_avion, purple_fringe, rionaleonhart, sanguinity, scribe, sdwolfpup, seekingferret, SerenadeStrong, sholio, sisabet, sol_se, stultiloquentia, synn, thedeadparrot, thingswithwings, topaz_eyes, trelkez and violace. Other people I've inadvertently left out. Half of Twitter for support and encouragement. I couldn't have made this vid without all of you.
Sources
The 100, 3%, The 6th World, Advantageous, After Earth, Agents of SHIELD, Almost Human, Altered Carbon, American Gods, American Horror Story (Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke), Annihilation, Ash vs. the Evil Dead, Black Lightning, Black Mirror, Black Panther, BrainDead, Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Chronicles of Riddick, Cleverman, The Cloverfield Paradox, Continuum, Crazyhead, Crossbones, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Dark Matter, The Dark Tower, Death Note (2017), The Defenders, Defiance (TV), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Dirty Computer "emotion picture," Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Emerald City, The Expanse, The Exorcist (TV), Extant, Falling Skies, Fear the Walking Dead, The Fits, The Flash, Game of Thrones, Get Out, Ghostbusters (2016), The Girl with all the Gifts, The Good Place, Gotham, Grimm, Humans, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jessica Jones, Justice League, Killjoys, Krypton, Legends of Tomorrow, The Librarians, Life, Lucifer, Luke Cage, The Magicians, The Martian, The Originals, Orphan Black, Pacific Rim Uprising, People of Earth, Penny Dreadful, Power Rangers (2017), Powerless, Powers, Raising Dion (web), The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Runaways, Sense8, Shadowhunters, The Shannara Chronicles, Siren, Sleepy Hollow, Snowpiercer, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: Beyond, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Stranger Things, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, Supernatural, Thor: Ragnarok, Timeless, Travelers, True Blood, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, Westworld (TV), A Wrinkle in Time, What We Do in the Shadows, Wonder Woman, The Worst Witch, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, Z for Zachariah, Z Nation
Who's that at [time]?
Good news! If you click the (CC) button on the Vimeo player and select "Interlingua," you'll get a subtitle file that identifies every clip in the vid. On YouTube, enable captions and then click the Settings gear icon to choose Interlingua.
Regular subtitles are also available in English. Lyrics can be found here, although the vid has extra verses because it's a combination of two versions of the song.
How did you decide who & what to include?
The inclusion criteria went something like:
- Characters of races and ethnicities that are underrepresented in the countries that produced the movie or show
- Countries = mostly U.S., also Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, a few scattered others
- Characters got struck from the list if they were played by someone the U.S. would generally consider white
- Live-action sources
- I wanted to see the performer's face. No green-face makeup or whatever (e.g. Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy), full-face masks (e.g. Klingons in Star Trek: Discovery) or CGI/motion capture characters (e.g. Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
- "Badass" does not mean "pointing and shooting guns"
Also, FWIW, inclusion in the vid does not always imply endorsement of the original source or how a character was treated in it, *cough* Slipknot *cough*.
Note
This vid began life as a way to raise support for at-risk groups in the United States and as an artistic act of resistance and celebration. If you are so moved (and able), perhaps you will consider extending the reach of
FandomTrumpsHate, within the U.S. or beyond, by donating as well. If you're looking for ideas, here is the auction runners' current list of charitable organizations at the U.S. national level. ♥
Drop a line about your donation at https://goo.gl/forms/Pz5HLrxsvYWJFKaM2, anonymously if you like, and it will be added to the tally!
ETA: Fandom is amazing. ♥ Organizations who've received support include: American Civil Liberties Union, Border Angels, Canadian Women's Foundation, ConPRmetidos, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Flippable, Higher Heights for America, Life After Hate, National Immigrant Justice Center, Planned Parenthood, The Refugee Council (UK), Southern Poverty Law Center, Standing Rock Legal Fund, Trans Lifeline, The Trevor Project, We The Protesters/Campaign Zero, Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/370022.html, where there are
comments.
resolute won a vid from me as part of the
FandomTrumpsHate charity auction. Her most intriguing request:
a multi-fandom vid set to Sia's "The Greatest" reveling in the bad-ass wonderfulness of characters of color in SF/F/horror TV and movies of the last 3-5 years.
I don't watch a lot of TV shows, but the music and concept called to me, and I couldn't resist the challenge. Fifteen months, a ton of help and approximately 75 new or new-to-me sources later, I'm proud to present:
Title: The Greatest
Fandom: Multi
Music: by Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar (edited)
Length: 4:27
Content notes: character deaths (2:38, 3:14, 3:20-3:31), zombie beheading (:25-:26), characters being shot at (but not harmed), character briefly being choked, character played by the late Nelsan Ellis
Physical notes: lightning/electricity flickers (:46-:52), shaky cam
Spoilers: The 100, Agents of SHIELD, Doctor Strange, Gotham, The Magicians, People of Earth, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sleepy Hollow, Star Trek: Discovery, Supernatural, Timeless, X-Men: First Class, Z Nation
AO3 | Tumblr | Twitter | Vimeo | YouTube | download at Mediafire (60 MB .rar) + subtitles (.srt) + character/source IDs (.srt)
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
THANK YOU
To
resolute for donating, originating the concept and song, and working with me to shape the final product.
To the
FandomTrumpsHate auction team for providing the opportunity to vid for charity.
To
wiscon_vidparty for granting an extension that allowed this to be finished in time for the con.
To the army of fan friends who honed the character list, advised on key episodes for dozens of the shows I hadn't seen, provided source, helped me think things through (and sometimes helped me stop thinking so much), recommended software, reviewed drafts, and more: anoel, arduinna, bonibaru, cathexys, cherry, cinco & R., deelaundry, disgruntled_owl, dolorosa_12, DrGlam, elipie, eruthros, ghost_lingering, happydork, kiki_miserychic, laurashapiro, llincathryn, longwhitecoats, lurrel, merisunshine36, metatxt, mific, monanotlisa, NicasioSilang, no_detective, par_avion, purple_fringe, rionaleonhart, sanguinity, scribe, sdwolfpup, seekingferret, SerenadeStrong, sholio, sisabet, sol_se, stultiloquentia, synn, thedeadparrot, thingswithwings, topaz_eyes, trelkez and violace. Other people I've inadvertently left out. Half of Twitter for support and encouragement. I couldn't have made this vid without all of you.
Sources
The 100, 3%, The 6th World, Advantageous, After Earth, Agents of SHIELD, Almost Human, Altered Carbon, American Gods, American Horror Story (Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke), Annihilation, Ash vs. the Evil Dead, Black Lightning, Black Mirror, Black Panther, BrainDead, Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Chronicles of Riddick, Cleverman, The Cloverfield Paradox, Continuum, Crazyhead, Crossbones, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Dark Matter, The Dark Tower, Death Note (2017), The Defenders, Defiance (TV), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Dirty Computer "emotion picture," Doctor Strange, Doctor Who, Emerald City, The Expanse, The Exorcist (TV), Extant, Falling Skies, Fear the Walking Dead, The Fits, The Flash, Game of Thrones, Get Out, Ghostbusters (2016), The Girl with all the Gifts, The Good Place, Gotham, Grimm, Humans, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Jessica Jones, Justice League, Killjoys, Krypton, Legends of Tomorrow, The Librarians, Life, Lucifer, Luke Cage, The Magicians, The Martian, The Originals, Orphan Black, Pacific Rim Uprising, People of Earth, Penny Dreadful, Power Rangers (2017), Powerless, Powers, Raising Dion (web), The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Runaways, Sense8, Shadowhunters, The Shannara Chronicles, Siren, Sleepy Hollow, Snowpiercer, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek (2009), Star Trek: Beyond, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Stranger Things, Suicide Squad, Supergirl, Supernatural, Thor: Ragnarok, Timeless, Travelers, True Blood, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, The Vampire Diaries, The Walking Dead, Westworld (TV), A Wrinkle in Time, What We Do in the Shadows, Wonder Woman, The Worst Witch, X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: First Class, Z for Zachariah, Z Nation
Who's that at [time]?
Good news! If you click the (CC) button on the Vimeo player and select "Interlingua," you'll get a subtitle file that identifies every clip in the vid. On YouTube, enable captions and then click the Settings gear icon to choose Interlingua.
Regular subtitles are also available in English. Lyrics can be found here, although the vid has extra verses because it's a combination of two versions of the song.
How did you decide who & what to include?
The inclusion criteria went something like:
- Characters of races and ethnicities that are underrepresented in the countries that produced the movie or show
- Countries = mostly U.S., also Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, a few scattered others
- Characters got struck from the list if they were played by someone the U.S. would generally consider white
- Live-action sources
- I wanted to see the performer's face. No green-face makeup or whatever (e.g. Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy), full-face masks (e.g. Klingons in Star Trek: Discovery) or CGI/motion capture characters (e.g. Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
- "Badass" does not mean "pointing and shooting guns"
Also, FWIW, inclusion in the vid does not always imply endorsement of the original source or how a character was treated in it, *cough* Slipknot *cough*.
Note
This vid began life as a way to raise support for at-risk groups in the United States and as an artistic act of resistance and celebration. If you are so moved (and able), perhaps you will consider extending the reach of
FandomTrumpsHate, within the U.S. or beyond, by donating as well. If you're looking for ideas, here is the auction runners' current list of charitable organizations at the U.S. national level. ♥
Drop a line about your donation at https://goo.gl/forms/Pz5HLrxsvYWJFKaM2, anonymously if you like, and it will be added to the tally!
ETA: Fandom is amazing. ♥ Organizations who've received support include: American Civil Liberties Union, Border Angels, Canadian Women's Foundation, ConPRmetidos, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Flippable, Higher Heights for America, Life After Hate, National Immigrant Justice Center, Planned Parenthood, The Refugee Council (UK), Southern Poverty Law Center, Standing Rock Legal Fund, Trans Lifeline, The Trevor Project, We The Protesters/Campaign Zero, Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
Originally posted at https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/370022.html, where there are
comments.