Video: Friends With The Help – Love Thought
“Love Thought” is a music video by hip hop trio Friends With The Help, intended to challenge ageism towards the elderly in our media. Produced by K-Rec, the song chronicles perilous love and shaken innocence against a backdrop of 60’s soul.
“Love Thought” is a music video by hip hop trio Friends With The Help, intended to challenge ageism towards the elderly in our media. Produced by K-Rec, the song chronicles perilous love and shaken innocence against a backdrop of 60’s soul.
“I spent a few weeks attending senior ballroom dancing events around Vancouver to learn more about the ballroom culture among seniors. I met Malissa Wong, 80 years old, and Jeffrey Lee, in his 60s, who agreed to let me film them. I created this piece because I felt that the elderly population is often misrepresented or even excluded from our popular culture and mainstream media,” says videographer Nancy Lee.
“I wanted to challenge prejudiced perceptions of the elderly and create new narratives that speak about the elderly in a positive light. Seniors, much like the rest of society, can be beautiful, active, independent, happy and romantic.”
You can download the album Confidence, including the song “Love Thought”, for free on Bandcamp.
