Director trio Bleu Desert create an unsettling and controversial promo for French rap group S-Crew. The immersive concept follows a police car during a night-time patrol in Paris, cleverly shot using only interior and exterior car mounts, depicts the BAC (Anti-Criminality Brigade of the National Police) antagonising and abusing various people on the street - and planting evidence on their targets.The latter part of the clip sees the payback - the vehicle is vehicle commandeered by the S-Crew themselves, who take it on their own tour of the neighbourhood - and building to a fiery climax. Shot on 35mm to give the video a raw, cinematic aesthetic, this stirring and thought-provoking video is a must-watch introduction to an exciting new directing collective.
Rob Ulitski - 10th June 2022