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CHRIS WHETZEL: THE CRISIS
March 15, 2010

Chris Whetzel created this powerful cover for the Hollywood issue of The Crisis magazine. The central story discusses how few African Americans are in the film industry. The art direction specified a portrait of an African American calling others to action.

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The first sketch was a spoof of the popular Rodchenko poster that was imitated for many album covers including Franz Ferdinand. Next was a Moses-type figure bearing  reels, "delivering" the film to the viewer. Sketch 3 depicts an African American man with dreadlocks that morph into rolls of film. The last sketch is of a figure calling for action through a microphone as well as alluding to a film director using a megaphone on set.

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