state of america

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! state of america: a visual expression by Morgan Cooper + Brandon Porter

Featuring Rufus Burns + Kamryn Henderson

Poem written and performed by Royalty

Directed by Morgan Cooper

Edited by Brandon Porter

Cinematography by Morgan Cooper

Music by Nicholas Britell: “Ye Who Enter Here” from If Beale Street Could Talk

1st AC: Daniel Banks

2nd AC: Graham Cannon

Grip: JJ Corbier

Location Sound Capture: LaRon Cooper

Carbon VFX:
Color Grade/Aubrey Woodiwiss
Flame Artist/Pete Mayor

Eleven Sound:
Audio Post Studio: Eleven
Mixer: Ben Freer
Asst Mixer: Andrew Smith
Executive Producer: Melissa Elston
Producer: Imani Franklin

Special thanks to Barry Jenkins, Nicholas Britell, Annapurna Films, Plan B Entertainment, Chloe Cooper, Talitha Watkins, Jelani Johnson and Susan Canon