Kerry Shaw Brown via his production house Rascals & Rogues directed this client-direct spot depicting a world gone mad, with police trying to stave off rioters, fire bombs going off, ash filling the air like snow flakes.
Yet amidst this turmoil, a spark of optimism can be found as a young man and woman embrace. He is holding a bottle of Stevens Point Brewing Company’s Black Ale. While he and his gal kiss, though, a crowd control officer on horseback takes his baton and shatters the bottle. Upon realizing that his precious ale is gone, the young man becomes distraught, shrieking an emphatic “No,” which silences the crowd and seemingly brings the action all around him to a standstill. His gal saves the day, noting that “it’s not the end of the world” as she pulls out another bottle of Black Ale.
A parting tag carries the slogan, “Enjoy it while there’s still time.”
The artfully done spot with a touch of comedy is currently appearing online on the Stevens Point Brewing Company website and Youtube. It is slated to begin airing in spot market cable on Fox Sports Net this month, beginning in Wisconsin.
Director Brown is also represented by The Directors Network.
Kamala Harris Receives Chairman’s Prize At NAACP Image Awards
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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