BLACK SCREEN

Titles Roll. Big, Bold, and Colorful against a black screen.

Fade into a static, black and white, image that shows an older man sitting in a chair facing the camera.

The man, a former prison inmate, begins speaking of his experiences behind bars.

We cut in to closer angles to reveal his tattoos, wrinkles, hands.

FREE MY NIGGAS fades in and begins to build.

CUT

A reporter stands outside of a trap house, sirens are heard in the background.

The woman, running from gun shots, dressed in a pant suit and holding a microphone, looks into the camera, terrified.

REPORTER:

“Shots have been fired! This gentlemen here claims he witnessed the violence. Excuse me, sir, what can you tell us?”

The camera pans quickly and runs up into the face of Matt Steez who looks straight back into the lens with a smirk.

TITLE CARD: FREE MY NIGGAS

The beat drops.

CUT

As the chorus bounces, Steez walks down an empty Atlanta street, a wide angled shot tracks in front of him as he marches towards the camera, spitting the chorus followed by a group of comrades all bouncing along to the beat. 

We begin to intercut to shots of Atlanta and footage of Steez out and about in his neighborhood, along with old video footage of his childhood, and vhs footage of young kid’s playing on a summer day.

As the first verse begins, we cut back to the news footage, now 4k video, as Steez, snatching the mic from the reports hand, begins delivering his verse into the camera and directing it along with him.

As the verse continues we begin to intercut old video footage, all shot on old digital video camcorder, of a childhood version of Steez playing basketball, riding bikes and skating in the street, and chasing after girls with a group of friends. 

As the final chorus comes in we find Steez, with a group of youngsters and his crew, all bouncing to the beat in an empty parking lot where a bunch of cars have pulled up.

As the song plays out, we cut to a shot of birds taking off into the sunset as Steez watches from below.

THE END