Band of Horses - The Funeral
Disability is rarely represented in music videos. When music videos do represent disability it is usually in a negative light. Occasionally, music videos will present the positive idea of disabled people overcoming their ailments, but they are normally presented as struggling. This music video by Band of Horses presents the depression in the expected negative light. The man focused upon in the video is suffering from depression which leads to him drinking to the point that he falls asleep behind the wheel of a car and dies in a car accident. Furthermore, the whole video is made to seem depressing since it is shot in black and white with a film grain effect which makes the footage seem older.
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