Just Like Selma Music Video
This award-winning music video* features Nolan Williams, Jr.'s new social justice hymn, performed by Grammy-nominated recording artists Zacardi Cortez and Beverly Crawford along with Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church Mass Choir. Echoing the sounds of Civil Rights anthems and the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the hymn commemorates the courage of those who marched across Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge sixty years ago to secure voting rights.
In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's Louisiana v. Callais decision, Just Like Selma also empowers people of good will to face renewed battles over democracy, access, and equality with a fearless determination.
*Awarded "Best Music Video" in the 2026 New York Short Film Festival, 2026 Silver Telly Award for General-Music Video, 2026 Communicator Award of Excellence for Innovation & Strategic Achievement-Social Impact, Awards of Excellence for Editing-Musical-Short and Vocal Arrangement-Short in the 2026 Cinema Worldfest Awards, Awards of Merit for Social Awareness-Short and Director-Musical-Short in the 2026 Cinema Worldfest Awards, "Best Music Video" and "Best Sound Design" in the Touchstone Independent Film Festival (January 2026 edition), "Best Director-Music Video" in the Sweden Film Awards (January 2026 edition), one of "15 Best Films" and Honorable Mention-Music Video in the Los Angeles Film Awards (February 2026 edition), "Best Song" in the Top Shorts Film Festival (February 2026 edition)
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What you receive: a three-page document with private download link for one MP4 file (full version_H.264 / AVC)
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“Just Like Selma, a new social justice hymn by Nolan Williams, Jr. | Produced by NEWorks Productions”
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