August Greene’s new video “Optimistic” featuring Brandy highlights Black Greatness

The trio August Greene won an Emmy last year for outstanding original music and lyrics for their song “Letter to the Free,” recorded for Ava DuVernay’s Netflix documentary 13th.

“Optimistic video was shot during Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in Jackson, Mississippi. The clip features local activists Frankye Adams-Johnson, Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliott, Hollis Watkins, the Maddrama Performance Group and Chokwe Antar Lumumba, along with a powerful quote from the Jackson mayor: “We confront real challenges but it’s what we do in the face of those challenges that really defines who we are.”

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