Exclusive: Creator Chris Nee, director Peter Ramsey & singer H.E.R. talk 'Active Citizenship' song & video for Netflix's We The People
Now playing on Netflix is the musical series ‘We The People,’ created by Chris Nee and executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Priya Swaminathan (Higher Ground), Chris Nee (Laughing Wild), and Kenya Barris (Khalabo Ink Society).
Combining music and animation to educate a new generation of young Americans about the power of the people, We the People is a series of 10 animated music videos that covers a range of basic U.S. civics lessons in not-so-basic ways.
Set to original songs performed by artists such as H.E.R., Janelle Monáe, Brandi Carlile, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Lambert, Cordae, Bebe Rexha, KYLE, Andra Day, and poet Amanda Gorman, with a groundbreaking mix of animated styles — each episode of We the People is an exuberant call to action for everyone to rethink civics as a living, breathing thing and to reframe their understanding of what government and citizenship mean in a modern world.
The first episode, "Active Citizenship," is sung by Oscar and Grammy Award winner H.E.R with Oscar winner Peter Ramsey serving as director. BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Nee, Ramsey and H.E.R. on the song and the video.