Dance and performance troupe s**t kingz released a video performing to Charlie Chaplin’s “The Dictator – Final Speech”, 80 years after the film was released, to deliver a message to have humanity and kindness to make the world today a better place. “The Great Dictator” is a 1940 American political comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, and starred in by one of the legendary comedians Charlie Chaplin. The film received five Academy Award nominations. The film tells the story of a Jewish barber (Chaplin) who is mistaken for a dictator he resembles and is asked to take his place. At the film’s conclusion, he delivers the final speech to address peace and compassion.

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●What brought us to create this video:

We have met so many people from all over the world through our work. The connections with those people beyond the nation and race led us to travel around the globe. We have realized that these experiences and the people we’ve met shaped us into who we are today and they’re our most valuable assets. There is so much going on in the world right now such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the chaos and discrimination brought by the pandemic. The problems associated with “Liberty and Justice” have been going around for a very long time in the world. As we witnessed people and our friends fighting against “discrimination” and the prejudice to "differences", we discussed our thoughts on this very sensitive matter. And we came to a conclusion that we should share our thoughts with the world.

●The reason why we chose this movie:

We got to watch one of the greatest entertainers whom we have a huge respect for, Charlie Chaplin’s movie “The Great Dictator” during this time. He entertained so many generations by silent film, so the fact that he gave us a speech at the end of this movie inspired us so much. His stirring speech proposed “Liberty and Justice” for a better future. However sadly the same issues are still here decades later. So we created this video to call for “Liberty and Justice” in the world using the speech from “The Great Dictator”

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