SHARON JONES / Retreat!

In her first animated music video, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings take on a pack of rampaging, cat-calling wolves in the ultimate battle of dance. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!

To honor the amazing opportunity of working with Sharon Jones, director Lizzi Akana and the Slanted Studios team created a psychedelic mythology worthy of the Dap-Queen herself. To date the music video has garnered over 475,000 views on YouTube and Vimeo.

Honors
Winner: “Best Music Video” 45th ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival
Official Selection: Vimeo Staff Pick
Official Selection: 2014 Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
Official Selection: Anima Mundi 2014
Official Selection: Animation Block Party 2014
Official Selection: 4th Annual LA Music Video Festival
Official Selection: 17th Brooklyn Film Festival
Official Selection: Oulu Music Video Festival (Finland)
Official Selection: Animation Torrent
Official Selection: 23rd Arizona International Film Festival
Official Selection: 2014 Palm Beach International Film Festival
Official Selection: 2014 Byron Bay International Film Festival

Artist: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
Label: Daptone Records

Production Company: Slanted Studios
Executive Producer: Michelle Higa Fox

Director: Lizzi Akana
Art Director: Erin Kilkenny
Technical Director: Michelle Higa Fox
Additional Design: Josh Goodrich
Animation: Josh Goodrich, Shixie Shi, Tim Beckhardt, David Hobizal, Leah Shore, Gabriel Pulecio, Nika Offenbac
Watercolor Animation: Leeanne Brennan
FX Animation: Matt Timms
Special Thanks: Futurestack, Merlin, Olive, and the Fig Tree

October 2013