Because of the steady drip of rust belt negativity surrounding Erie, PA, a group of creatives released this dramatic video. I’m floored--by its focus, beauty, and narration.
From Erie’s newfound friend James Fallows of The Atlantic:
“This video, powerfully narrated by hip hop artist Charles Brown, was in response to a long series of pre- and post-election broadcast reports about Erie that covered only one side of its saga: the mainly older people who had mainly held big-factory jobs, and having lost those jobs were mainly angry and downcast about the prospects for themselves, their city, and the country as a whole. Shorter version: Erie as background for pieces on “the making of Trump voters,” although the city of Erie itself stayed Democratic last fall. (The surrounding suburban and rural counties went for Trump, as of course did Pennsylvania.)”
