Video Militia

It's amazing that in the days of decreasing budgets, across all avenues of filmmaking, that somehow there are enough funds to commission a 12 part music video series/short film for Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.  Budgets aside this video is a testament to ambitious filmmaking from Isaiah Seret and front-man Alex Ebert.  The story picks up in the middle of a desert wasteland where Edwards Sharpe is marooned.  After some time he's picked-up by a weird figure from his past, forcibly taken to a water-labor prison where a riot ensues and ultimately he escapes with his brother.  This is only part two of this 12 part series but so far the project has out-shined many lesser videos we've seen.  Watch part 1, "Desert Song" here.  "Read More" for full credits.

CAST:
Edward Sharpe: Alex Ebert
Minors: David Strathairn & Stephen Mendillo
Warden: Dermot Mulroney
Brother: Orpheo McCord
Clerk: Sandy Martin
Guard: Tay Stratharin

CREW:
Director: Isaiah Seret
Co-Director: Alex Ebert
Editors / Writers: Alex Ebert & Isaiah Seret
Cinematographer: Eric Maclver
Executive Producer: Bryan Ling
Executive Producer: Sara Cline
Producer: Michael Schifflett
Visual Effect: Benjamin Kutsko
Supervising Sound Editor: Peter Aaron Fineberg
Location Manager: Caleb Duffy
Production Designer: Katie Byron
Art Director: Ishi Glinsky
Camera Operator: Tristan Bear
DIT: Alexandra Pelly
Sound Recordist: Jake Viator
Wardrobe Stylist: Eliot Hazel & Diana Contreras
Make-up: Sarai Fiszel
Opening Score composed by Miguel Atwood Ferguson
Kisses Over Babylon by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Production Company: The Masses & Community Records