Swet Shop Boys – T5

Premiered on The Fader: http://www.thefader.com/2016/09/29/swet-shop-boys-t5-video Swet Shop Boys "T5" from the album 'Cashmere' Buy here: http://www.smarturl.it/ssb-cashmere Produced by Redinho Directed by Sofian Khan http://capitalkpictures.com Follow Swet Shop Boys: http://www.swetshopboys.com http://www.facebook.com/swetshopboys http://www.twitter.com/swetshopboys Directed by Sofian Khan Produced by Sofian Khan & Bob Blankemeier Executive Producer - Joseph Patel Associate Producer - Fabian Caballero Director of Photography - Bob Blankemeier Steadicam Operator - Richard Patterson Production Designer - Jesse Mailings Costume Designer - Laura Texter Costume Assistant - Ashley Hogan Makeup - Ilaria Ferraro Special Effects - Daniel Calvo Titles - Justin Herrmann Edited by Sofian Khan Key Gaffer - Tom Chaves Key Grip - Charles Baker First Assistant Camera - Jonah Serfass Set Photographer - Cheryl Mowczan Best Boy - Harris Ansari Production Assistant - Nick Fiore Driver - Michael Rasulo Set Painter - Dario Nieva Production Coordinator - Madison LaClair TSA Agent 1 - Kyle Merker TSA Agent 2 - Amanda Lea Mason TSA Agent 3 - Michael Rasulo TSA Agent 4 - Sara Silva Dancer 1 - Jaime Pineiro Dancer 2 - Diego Borja Milli - Adam Davenport Vanilli - Elijah Gravely Interrogator - David Serero Soldier - Asen Grigorov Uber Driver - Harris Ansari Background talent Linda Aydinian Ned Bowen Amelia Chairamonte Herge M. Jansen Jane Maushay Warren McKnight Production Company - Capital K Pictures Studio Location - Vigilant NYC, Flushing Queens Special Thanks to Vincent Rasulo / Playcrafters Nick Tarascio - Ventura Air / Republic Airport & Michael Stack - MacArthur-Islip Airport Subscribe now for more The FADER http://bit.ly/XPZVfG Read the FADER: http://www.thefader.com Follow the FADER on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefader Like the FADER on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11JaNSJ Follow the FADER on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/xerObW

The first of two music videos for the Swet Shop Boys made by Capital K Pictures, directed by Sofian Khan, Terminal 5 is a surreal journey through airport security with the rap duo of Riz Ahmed and Himanshu Suri.

“A lifetime of traveling in brown skin and with a Muslim name have taught Riz Ahmed to expect the indignity of being racially profiled. At borders and airports, immigration officers see a potential terrorist where there’s an actor. For years, casting directors did much the same, typecasting him as a jihadi or a cab driver or some other racial stereotype. ”

— Fader Magazine

The video was Executive Produced by Joseph Patel, then at The Fader Magazine, and was shot at Vigilant Studios in Flushing. Sofian teamed with DP Bob Blankemeier to create the muted airport look, with splashes of vivid color in the performance shots and dreamlike interludes interspersed throughout. 

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