For the Love of Brad in two parts. The first part is a music video (6 min) Select Quicktime format. ALLOW VIDEOS 5min+ to load before viewing. I made this film with J's footage, after Brad was killed on October 27, 2006 in Oaxaca Mexico, while filming. Brad was shot by a government sniper. He was there to document a popular uprising of the poor and dispossessed in Oaxaca, Mexico. "For the Love of Brad" is not so much about how he died but a glimpse of how Brad lived and who he was. Part Two (24 min) consists of Brad speaking, and joking around and songs he plays and sings, including "Angel From Montgomery," "Drop of Water," "If I Had a Dollar..," and just a little bit of "Green & Black," the famous anarchist love song. But he didn't really know that one too well back in 2000, when J shot this footage when we were hanging out in Amsterdam after we'd been to the World Bank riots in Prague. In Part Two, Brad is informally conversing with J about issues he cares deeply about, like climate change. (We were in the Nederlands partly to protest at the U.N climate change conference that year in Den Haag.) Brad is also pondering recent events like the uprising in Seattle, the future of dissent, the state of the world. There are some stunning, prophetic and haunting moments as he reveals the musings of his heart and feelings on life and death. When Brad is joking around or singing, its almost like having him in the room. Almost.... The loss of Brad is immeasurable. He was one of those people that was sensetive to the suffering of others and really good at cheering one up with his own joy and songs. He was one of the few who could really lift my heart which is now heavy with sorrow. Even so, watching him sing and laugh makes me feel better. I made this video so his friends and family would feel better, and so that those who didn't know him so well could see why we loved him so goddamned much and why we will miss him forever. Brad's death is still completely unreal, insane to me... but it is real all the same. He signed his emails "B Rad" and so we shall be... - Priya
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