SXSW 2020 - Dark City Beneath the Beat
SXSWTT The Artist's Dark City Beneath the Beat is a visually compelling treat of the heartbeat and expression in Baltimore through its provocative and affectionate citizens.
TT The Artist stars, edits and directs this documentary/music video with a strong visual and captivating prowess that utterly engulfs the audience in a range of tone – via expression of vivid colour, unique sound and a poignant heart. Gone and stripped are the genre conventions of a documentary and in its place of generic assembly, TT The Artist explores heavy and enlightening conversation through all manners of artistic voice.
Injected are a personalised style and aesthetic of music and culture that personifies the unique individualism of the documentary's setting and subject. Tackling issues of gun control, Black Lives Matter and government reform in distinctive and unique ways of expressive performance: ranging from dance to spoken word to song. Each moment holds its weight and power with profound consequence. Specifically, the documentary's thematic importance of the darker side of Baltimore and its underbelly of economic distress. Yet the execution of this are as equally as compelling and engaging as the exploration of the brighter ends of society, which fights against its stereotypical and often controversial tag.
Every second of TT The Artist’s Dark City Beneath the Beat examines and highlights the richness and character of Baltimore in an efficacious and intense aesthetic that is both individual and enjoyable to behold, with distinctive characteristics and emotions involved.
