Created via agency Amazon XCM, directed by Lisa Gunning of Imperial Woodpecker, and edited by Union’s Andrea MacArthur, “Woman’s World–Mother’s Day” affirms what we have always known: this is indeed a woman’s world.
Against the odds, the women of the all-female delivery stations of India blaze a trail for other women to follow. Owned by women, run by women, these stations provide a source of financial independence, once reserved only for the men of India. A clever assist by the James Brown classic makes the spot for Amazon even more memorable.
Credits
Client Amazon Agency Amazon XCM Jo Shoesmith, worldwide executive creative director; Tom Pettus, group creative director; David Lord, Joe Godard, creative directors; Josh Batchelder, sr. art director; Vanessa MacAdam, Paul Lewis, sr. producers; Tiffany Carley, creative program manager. Production Imperial Woodpecker Lisa Gunning, director; Molly Manning Walker, DP; Charlie Cocuzza, exec producer; Terri Shafirov, producer. Editorial Union Editorial Andrea MacArthur, editor; Nadine Mueller, sr. cutting assistant; Michael Raimondi, managing partner; Dani DuHadway, editorial head of production; Haydee Robles, editorial producer. Telecine Untold Studios Sam Cornwell, exec producer. Post/VFX Hunter VFX Evan Guidera, VFX artist; Logan Aries, exec producer. Sound Design/Audio Post Hunter Milos Zivkovic, sound designer & mixer; Logan Aries, audio post producer.
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
