BLACK BIRDS

Black Bird's: A wacky little music video shot in Chicago in 1998, it illustrates the song by no wave/punk band Mao Mao, recorded in Montreal in 1982. The song is a twisted version of the famous nursery rhyme with verse borrowed fom James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. Special effects, animation, flames and a chorus line of baking black birds spice up the medievel world of the King, Queen, maidens and Blackguards in this short video.

Written and Directed by Laurie Little
Videography by Antonio Ferrera
Cinematography and Animation by Bridgette Wilson
and Laurie Little
Art Direction by Bridget Rowley
Music: Mao Mao with Laurie Little, Martin Peach, Peter Macmillan and Mike Ryan

Cast: Craig Amendola, Lisa Formosa, Mary Beth Rust, Mary Mitchell, Susan Scott, Nicole Rittenmeyer, Nathan Larson and Larissa Simms.

Running Time: 3 min., 3/4" Video