Belafonte Sensacional 'Negro Soledad' by Emilio Guerrero Alexander
Rob Ulitski - 25th Mar 2025
Emilio Guerrero Alexander directs a dazzling black and white promo for Mexican rock band Belafonte Sensacional.
The video for Negro Soledad follows a man on a trippy journey through abstract cityscapes, battling his mind and his environment as he traverses an endless warren of streets.Â
Shot largely using Snorricam - and in the second half breaking into a nostalgic and eery film negative aesthetic - the video balances an unsettling mood with strangely comforting, relatable moments, very much driven by the central performance. It's a suitably unusual video for an unusual track. Â
"[The video]Â is an inward, dark journey," the director explains. "It frames a city ready to devour us while we wage a battle against ourselves, the demons of all those solitudes that coexist in this place as terrible as it is luminous.
"It's black and white because that's what 21st-century Mexico City is like: a contrast of realities that force us to engage in a delirious dance as a means of survival. It's about going out to break into a thousand pieces between the lights and shadows of a city that exhausts."
Rob Ulitski - 25th Mar 2025
Tags
Popular content
Feedback
Problem with this page? Let us know
Featured here in the credits?
Credits
Some credits on this video are only available to PRO members.
Production/Creative
- Director
- Producer
- Producer
- Producer
- Production Company
- Production Manager
- 1st AD
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Focus Puller
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
Casting
- Lead actor
Editorial
- Editor
Grading
- Colourist
Some credits on this video are only available to PRO members.
Rob Ulitski - 25th Mar 2025