SULA | Jamila Woods

Music Video

A VAM STUDIO Production

SULA (Hardcover) the new song by Jamila Woods, available now on Jagjaguwar in partnership with Closed Sessions.

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“Who do we give ourselves permission to be when we’re alone? When our gaze is only on ourselves? I’ve always loved Sula by Toni Morrison, and been particularly struck by the way that Sula isn’t understood by the people around her because of her sexuality. Being in quarantine, connecting to my own sexuality in a way that I hadn’t before, re-reading Sula and listening to the song inspired me to think through the concept of the video.

The music video follows Jamila as she goes from the outside world to the inside, disrobing in the comfort of her own space, stripping down to her interior—the part of her no one else gets to see. Quarantine has had us all wondering what our lives, our sexuality, is like away from the gaze of the world. And Sula is all about empowered sexuality, carving your own path outside of what society thinks is okay. Embracing both the empowered erotic in her own way, this video will show a side to Jamila we’ve never seen before.”

Director: Fatimah Asghar
Producer: Jamila Woods, Fatimah Asghar, Jordan Phelps
Cinematographer: Jordan Phelps
First AC: Sonia Jourdain
Gaffer: Mawie Talion
Editor: Andrew Morrow
Coloring: Ryan Drake
Production Designer: Rachel Cole
Set Dressers: Amanda Tan, Christian Saponaro
Wardrobe Stylist: Sal Yvat
Makeup Stylist: Kerre Berry
Hair Stylist: Kamaria Woods
Production Assistants: Pidgeon Pagonis, Kamaria Woods
BTS Photographer: Mercedes Zapata

Special thanks to Tony Balderrama and the North Lawndale Community