After winning Best Music Video at last year’s South African Music Awards (SAMAs), Arcade Content’s Kyle Lewis is again one of the five nominees for this year’s prize. He’s up for “In Defence of My Art’, Tumi’s music video featuring Reason and Ziyon.
“They announced the nominees on my birthday yesterday, so it was a great present,’ says Lewis.
Filmed in black and white by DOP Roscoe Vercueil, “In Defence of My Art’ uses heavily symbolic African imagery to position Tumi as an emperor ready to defend his legacy. Grant McDonald was the production designer; Kaley Meyer did the styling, makeup and hair; and Cathy Michel was the editor.
Kyle also directed Khuli Chana’s recent “9 Shots’ music video, about his emotional journey after being shot by police in an unfortunate case of mistaken identity in 2013.
View the “In Defence of My Art’ video.
