Mama Said – Cannes Film Fest/Sundance
Award winning short film screened at Sundance and in the Official Selection at Cannes. Directed by Mike Costanza. Starring Lyn McDonald, Karen Hawkins, Lorinda Hawkins, and Crystal Justine.
Categories: Cannes Film Festival Tags: Cannes, Fest/Sundance, film, Mama, Said
this aint shirley and the shirelles!!!!!wheres doris and mickey…what about beverly?this is a rip off group..gee..they even did this in 1963…what a shame
@Godcorpusa I’m sorry to have to say this…But, the this type of hatered was brought on by fear which was taught to the children by their parents…
it had been going on for cwenturies ,until the civil rights movement of the 50s & 60s
Thank goodnes for the F.B.I in those days
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How did you find this footage?
It’s Incredible!
SENSASIONAL muito lindooooooo parabens!!!!!
@mohanazaad Thank you very much I appreciate hearing that.
My heartiest congratulations… Though am not an American, but the film left goose bumps on me. Beautiful. Thanks for the lovely treat. Cinema is magic and this film is just another reminder.
@merustproof289 Go put up your own clips then, instead of being an annoying killjoy
@Godcorpusa Well I dunno about you, but life in Canada was just fine, if you weren’t caucasian. Once in a while, on a huge construction project, some American superintendent would go on a racist rant. I detested them.
Super’ wanted to fire an electrician, because they guy was black. He was from Arkansas. and people still wonder why Canadians have a bit of disdain for the US
I was extremely fortunate to work with an exceptional cast and crew as we all strived for perfection and wouldn’t settle for less. I’m very proud of this short.
Thanks so much for watching and for the comment, appreciate it.
Yeah, he could have filmed some drunk punching another drunk with a cheap cell phone camera. Now that’s genius.
Very well done. Your camera work was excellent. I thought I was watching an old tv clip.
i just discover this song thanks to the movie it’s complicated ; )
Excellent video! Seriously authentic shots of the group. Really makes you think that the fab 50s-early 60s were not “fab” for everyone. Those images never cease to disturb me.
Wonderful. I thought that the shirelles stuff was taken from an episode of ed sullivan, american bandstand or one of those oldies shows. Nicely done.
Beautiful concept. You could have done so much more with the camera though. You shot the performance footage, but it looks like stock. You could have really ran free and created your own world.
Thanks. We shot this on the oldest Black & White video camera we could find and then transferred the footage to 16MM.
Great video. What’s the performance footage shot on?
I’m so glad you enjoyed the short and really appreciate your comment.
Thank you. You said what I wanted to say, but you made sense.
WOW. Thanks.
The staging of the performance has the right editing rhythms and camera placement of the era. Really like the CUs of the singer from afar, just like on TV. Contradicts the exuberance of 60s black pop/ soul (really some of the greatest American music) with the brutality of the times. Loved the film.
I always thought of this song as an happy jolly song. But after watching this video, it brings a different point of view. Probably that is what The Shirelles meant, since they and others were suffering through that racial injustice. WOW great video!
I really think I have no right to comment on this…But since I am a white female….I am also the minority…..But I could never
imagine the hell of the times. Thank God the times havea changed……………
This is good – emotionally true – are the girls contemporary girls? they are very true to the times, but of course it’s not Shirley. They are lip-synching.