Pussy Riot: I Can't Breathe
A music video for Pussy Riot's first English-language song — a tribute to Eric Garner directed by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Jeanne Applegate.
A music video for Pussy Riot's first English-language song — a tribute to Eric Garner directed by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Jeanne Applegate.
Pussy Riot's first English-language single, released in 2015 in tribute to Eric Garner — the man killed by an NYPD officer's chokehold whose final words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying cry for Black Lives Matter. The video stages the song as a slow, controlled descent.
Filmed at the site of Eric Garner's murder in Staten Island, NY, the video captures a community in mourning. Members of Eric Garner's family appear throughout. They gather to build a memorial and stage a 'die-in' at the sight where Garner took his last breath. They hold candles and look back at us, continuing to bear witness to the tragedy of Eric Garner's last words.