Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) - Sufjan Stevens

My first music video and edit ever ! \o/(I know...) when I first heard this song by Sufjan Stevens, I immidiately thought of these old American videos of the 40s/50s depicting the wonderful world of work and the industry. I though maybe the speed and tone of these black & white scenes would constrast with the slowness of the mysic and sadness of the lyrics. So I made this, from bits I took from various films available under Creative Commons on The Internet Archive. www.archive.org...

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YouTube | April 22, 2008

Tags:. .underpaid. .flint. .unemployed. .sadness. .sufjan stevens