Inspired by William Ernest Henley’s poem “Invictus” and its source for mental strength of Nelson Mandela during his 27 years in prison, “Questionamentos” by Sao Paulo based hardcore punk band QUESTIONS has recently the official visualizer through another great music video. We sat down with the band to give you some more details about the track and behind the scenes details for the new music video.
“Mandelaโs history is so powerful and so inspiring.” – says the band. Leaders like him, who gave his life to fight inequality and a racist and cruel system, are more necessary than ever. So we wrote some lyrics and also included a Portuguese translated version of the poem on the second part of the song, almost like a narration over the music. Itโs something we didnโt try before with Questions, and we got pleased with the result.”
Video Credits: Photography: Joรฃo Bonafรฉ, Murilo Amancio and Bruno Figueiredo / Edited by Joรฃo Bonafรฉ, Murilo Amancio and Pablo Menna /Art direction: Edu Revolback / Directed by Joรฃo Bonafรฉ and Murilo Amancio
Asked about the details behind the creation of the video, they continue: “For the video, we wanted not only footage of the band playing. Actually, for the performance we got the support of Casa de Cultura do Butantรฃ, which is a cultural centre in our neighbourhood in the extreme west of Sรฃo Paulo and a place we have a historical connection with. Thanks to them!”
“But we also thought that this song had a lot in common with street art collectives, people who go out and spread their message across the city with stickers, tags, posters, graffitis. Edu, being one street artist himself, is in contact with a bunch of them, so we invited some, both old and new school, to a โsessionโ of street interventions.”
๐โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ข๐โ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก, ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ก. ๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐.
โQuestionamentosโ is the fourth video we did supporting the album โLibertatemโ, released in 2019. The previously released, โAchismoโ, โLutarโ and โExclusรฃoโ, can be watched below:
