Brooklyn by Aliss Terrell

(Honored at numerous international film festivals, winning 6 Awards, including Best Narrative Short, Best Editing, Best Music Video)
Sometimes a song can break a curse...
This video combines several of my loves: music, writing, visual expression, family.
Brooklyn is one of my first songs, written at a time during my music career when I thought I’d never find a partner or have kids. I started exploring my history in the hopes of bringing to light family secrets that might be holding me back. I discovered that my great grandmother’s death shortly after giving birth to my grandmother had cast a shadow over all the women in my family. Writing it broke the curse for me and I was able to move forward. The song is featured in a long-running French TV series, Sous le Soleil, has been released as a single, and is streamed widely on Internet platforms, but never had its own video until last July during confinement, I opened Final Cut Pro, sourced family pictures, early 20th century stock photos and footage, shot additional images to bring the lyrics to life, and edited. Bonus: I learned a lot about cinema history by watching early Méliès films. The cover photo is my grandmother Roxie and her father Walter shortly before his death when she became an orphan.
Brooklyn (Lyrics and music Aliss Terrell)
Last night I dreamed of a little girl
In a long white dress in Brooklyn
Dark sided moon between life and death
You drew your first breath in Brooklyn
On the altar burns a flame
Where I whisper your name
No tears can wash away your blood from my veins
Daughter of the Revolution
Miss Blanche Johnson
Left her job and her home for Brooklyn
Where Mister Walter Crosthwaite's
Position indicates
A happy prosperous fate in Brooklyn
On the altar burns a flame...
She left no heirlooms, not one photograph
No epitaph in Brooklyn
The deceased is survived
A baby girl is alive
A husband grieves for his wife in Brooklyn
On the altar burns a flame
Last night I dreamed of a little girl
In a long white dress in Brooklyn
Turn of the century, she spoke to me
She said now you are free of Brooklyn
On the altar burns a flame...

[@mtpenna51]

Lovely!

[@AlissTerrell]

Thanks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@TAMBORINA_LA_MAS_OFICIAL]

Me encanta esta canción, la escuche por primera vez en la serie Sous le Soleil cuando la transmitían en México en el 2008 aproximadamente 🙂

[@AlissTerrell]

Gracias!

[@paulraymond7809]

💛🎸Great singer Super song 🎸💛

[@AlissTerrell]

Thank you for tuning in ❤️🌟to be continued....

[@FindingNoon]

Makes me want to dace under the moonlight. Thank you!!!

[@AlissTerrell]

On the beach together

[@VelvetandToads]

Another gorgeous music video. Keep them coming please!

[@AlissTerrell]

Thank you! From one "videaste" to another More to come...💫✨

[@viviennevermes2983]

I love this....brilliant!

[@AlissTerrell]

I'm loving your novel! I can see it as a film!🎬🌟🌎✨🇷🇴

[@AlissTerrell]

Thank you, great idea!

[@supersmileycow]

So cool! Love the editing and its really catchy

[@AlissTerrell]

High praise from a pro such as yourself❤️🌟🎬✨🌞