This documentary short Killing in Thy Name is the first project from the newly formed Ummah Chroma Creative Partners (UCCP), a production house formed in partnership with Serial Pictures. The documentary was made in collaboration with Rage Against the Machine, framed around the band’s iconic protest anthem “Killing in the Name.”
Directed by UCCP’s The Ummah Chroma, the documentary seeks according to the filmmakers “to be a fire escape from the fiction known as whiteness and a spring for discovery.”
Cinematographer Jomo Fray shot Killing in Thy Name, which was edited by Stefani Saintonge.
Credits
Production Executive produced by Rage Against the Machine and Ummah Chroma Creative Partners; The Ummah Chroma, director; Jomo Fray, cinematographer; Akin McKenzie, production designer; Annalise Lockhart, 1st assistant director; Amanda Andrews, co-producer. Editorial Stefani Saintonge, editor. Sound Design Waajeed, sound designer.
To celebrate the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, the Vienna Tourist Board is launching an intergalactic premiere. The “Waltz into Space” mission will send Strauss’s masterpiece “The Blue Danube” into deep space.
For decades, “The Blue Danube” has been considered the unofficial “Anthem of Space,” famously immortalized in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Yet, surprisingly, this iconic Waltz by the famous Viennese composer was not included on either of the Voyager Golden Records--a collection of humanity’s greatest achievements, including a selection of 27 songs, that was sent by NASA to reach potential extraterrestrial life back in 1977.
On May 31 2025, Vienna will be setting the record straight in a campaign by agency Jung von Matt DONAU that amplifies its reputation as the city of music. In collaboration with the “Wiener Symphoniker” (Vienna Symphony Orchestra) and the European Space Agency (ESA), “The Blue Danube” Waltz will be broadcast to the farthest reaches of the universe, creating a timeless musical bridge between humanity and potential extraterrestrial life.
“The Blue Danube”, performed by the “Wiener Symphoniker” in Vienna at a special concert at Vienna’s MAK Museum on May 31, will be digitized and transmitted via the European Space Agency’s deep space communication facilities at Cebreros, Spain. The signal will continue indefinitely, traveling at the speed of light, and will surpass Voyager 1 in about 23 hours and 3 minutes.
To create awareness ahead of the mission, Jung von Matt created this humorous film that speculates on why “The Blue Danube” was not included on the Voyager Golden Records. The story revolves around the mission director (played by Adam... Read More
