Hollywood Star Boris Kodjoe and Chaka Khan Shot a Song for The Trayvon Martin
Los Angeles – He is a German actor, who was with Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich in front of the camera. YOU is a soul and R & B legend. Now, Boris Kodjoe and Chaka Khan have (”Is not Nobody”) joined forces produced a commemorative video of the black teenager who was shot Trayvon Martin. Title: “Super Life: Kills Fear, Love Heals” (”fear kills, love heals”).
Boris Kodjoe was born in Vienna, grew up in Freiburg. He came across the modeling to acting, appeared alongside Bruce Willis in “Surrogates – Surrogates” and in TV series (”Soul Food,” “Nip / Tuck”)
Trayvon Martin was on 26 February 2012, George Zimmerman (28) in Florida was killed – allegedly in self-defense.
It was the 17-year-old, a hooded sweatshirt (”hoodie”) and wore sunglasses, unarmed. However, the police ran the shooter. Since there are always demonstrations against racism. And hoodies have become a symbol of protest.
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Boris Kodjoe, as did the video project. “Under our hoodies we are all equal,” he says. “We must replace hatred with love.”
Even Chaka Khan wanted to do something like: “As a mother of two children, including a son, we must make us strong as a parent and as a community for change.”
She introduced her song “Good Life”: that is It is also about a boy who was shot in the street. She rallied friends and family, as well as Boris Kodjoe. And dozens were: Stars such as Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Eric Benet, DeRay Davis and Chris Spencer. They met in the Jim Henson Studios in LA, even brought their children.
The site – a legend: 25 years ago there was the video “We Are The World” has emerged, the theme song for the relief effort “USA for Africa”.
Just like the celebrities wore Trayvon Martin, now all hoodies – and said the sentence, Kills Fear, love heals. “
Boris Kodjoe: “It has now become a real movement.”
Racism, he says, is still pervasive in the United States. The video with Chaka Khan is only the beginning for him, he wants to produce a second shortly.
He hopes to re-profile support. “We will continue until the authorities decide to initiate proceedings against the gunman. We owe the Trayvon Martin and his family. We are all equal and all have the right to live without fear. “
The ten-time Grammy-winner Chaka Khan began her career in the ’70s, worked together with a show like Prince and Stevie Wonder sizes
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April 2nd, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Great article. I’m glad to see so much unity. It is sad that a child had to be killed for people to get the point. Thanks for writing this article it has true importance.