clipping. - Shooter

What this video is

Released November 1, 2016, one week before the US presidential election, 'Shooter' arrives at a flashpoint moment in American gun violence discourse. The track, drawn from the Wriggle EP (Sub Pop / Deathbomb Arc, summer 2016), employs hashtag-rap structure — dedicating nearly every line to a named type of shooter — as a formal device to enumerate the taxonomy of American gun violence without moralizing commentary.…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of 2010s experimental hip-hop video practice demonstrating that maximalist conceptual impact can be achieved through radical minimalism. The void-staging approach — indebted to avant-garde dance film and Beckett-influenced theatre — became a touchstone for politically engaged…

The director

Academy Award-nominated Mexican-American filmmaker born September 12, 1988 in Mexico City. Studied at Chapman University. Won Latin Grammy (2012) for Jesse & Joy video. Made feature debut with Blindspotting (Sundance 2018). Directed Disney's Raya and the…