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Jeremy Messersmith – “Tatooine” Music Video

Vee Hua 華婷婷1 min readJuly 17, 2011Add comment

For singer-songwriter Jeremy Messersmith’s track, “Tatooine,” animator and director Eric Power recreates the original Stars Wars Trilogy with lots of earth-toned paper cutouts and only 2 minutes and 41 seconds to work with. Many of the film’s major moments are here, each condensed into mere seconds, with the cutest characters possible.

Messersmith is presently on his Graveyard Tour in support of The Reluctant Graveyard, the last installment of his trilogy of albums.

Animated and director by Eric Power.

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Vee Hua 華婷婷

Vee Hua 華婷婷 (they/them) is a writer, filmmaker, and organizer with semi-nomadic tendencies. Much of their work unifies their metaphysical interests with their belief that art can positively transform the self and society. They are the Editor-in-Chief of REDEFINE, Interim Managing Editor of South Seattle Emerald, and Co-Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission. They also previously served as the Executive Director of the interdisciplinary community hub, Northwest Film Forum, where they played a key role in making the space more welcoming and accessible for diverse audiences.

Vee has two narrative short films. Searching Skies (2017) touches on Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States; with it, they helped co-organize The Seventh Art Stand, a national film and civil rights discussion series against Islamophobia. Reckless Spirits (2022) is a metaphysical, multi-lingual POC buddy comedy for a bleak new era, in anticipation of a feature-length project.

Vee is passionate about cultural space, the environment, and finding ways to covertly and overtly disrupt oppressive structures. They also regularly share observational human stories through their storytelling newsletter, RAMBLIN’ WITH VEE!, and are pursuing a Master’s in Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship under the Native American Studies Department at the University of Minnesota.

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