A young blonde woman gets ready to go out for a jog. She ties her shoes, then heads for the bathroom to wash her hands. She looks up into the mirror and sees the reflection of an older, gray-haired woman.
About to leave her house to hit the road, the jogger glances into a hallway mirror–staring back at her in the reflection is an African-American woman.
The would-be jogger then boards a bus–a brunette is seen reflected in the glass of its door. Taking a seat, the reflection in the bus window reveals a bald woman in a scarf.
Next we see the jogger off the bus and waiting on a street corner. Supered on screen is the sentence, “You just don’t run for yourself.”
A truck carrying glass panes crosses in front of her, and all the women shown in the reflections throughout the spot–as well as many more–are seen standing alongside her in the panes’ reflection.
A second sentence simply reads, “You run for everyone affected by breast cancer,” as she jogs into Central Park towards the entrance of the Susan G. Komen Breat Cancer Foundation’s New York Race for the Cure.
Supers inform us that the New York City race is set for Sept. 10, and that to register for the fundraiser, we can log onto www.komennyc.org/race.
The pro bono spot was directed by Maurice Marable of bicoastal/international Believe Media for agency Strawberry Frog, New York.
The Strawberry Frog ensemble consisted of executive creative director Kevin McKeon, copywriter Josh Greenspan, art director Melissa Lin and freelance producer Letitia Jacobs.
Liz Silver and Luke Thornton executive produced for Believe, with Emily van Nierop serving as production manager and Gary Romano as producer. The DP was Tim Ives.
Editor was Geordie Anderson of Bluerock, New York. Caryn Maclean produced for Bluerock. Colorist was Billy Gabor of Company 3, New York.
Maryanne Lauric and Minday Dubin of Framestore, New York, were Flame artists, with Talia Marash the roto artist. Satuoko Linuma produced for Framestore.
Audio post mixer was Gerard Collins of Blast, New York. Sound designer was Brent Asbury of bicoastal Singing Serpent with Rafter Roberts the creative director and Jack Bradley the exec producer.
Principal actress was Amanda Randall.
Supreme Court Seems Likely To Uphold A Law That Could Force TikTok To Shut Down On Jan. 19
The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company.
Hearing arguments in a momentous clash of free speech and national security concerns, the justices seemed persuaded by arguments that the national security threat posed by the company's connections to China override concerns about restricting the speech either of TikTok or its 170 million users in the United States.
Early in arguments that lasted more than two and a half hours, Chief Justice John Roberts identified his main concern: TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance and the parent company's requirement to cooperate with the Chinese government's intelligence operations.
If left in place, the law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April will require TikTok to "go dark" on Jan. 19, lawyer Noel Francisco told the justices on behalf of TikTok.
At the very least, Francisco urged, the justices should enter a temporary pause that would allow TikTok to keep operating. "We might be in a different world again" after President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Trump, who has 14.7 million followers on TikTok, also has called for the deadline to be pushed back to give him time to negotiate a "political resolution." Francisco served as Trump's solicitor general in his first presidential term.
But it was not clear whether any justices would choose such a course. And only Justice Neil Gorsuch sounded like he would side with TikTok to find that the ban violates the Constitution.
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