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Run The Jewels — JU$T

Winston Hacking's video for Run The Jewels' JU$T operates as a moving protest document. Cut-up images from contemporary and historical sources are assembled into a collage that doesn't illustrate the song — it argues alongside it. The political content and the formal method are inseparable: fragmentation is both the technique and the message.

The typography, using stop-motion newspaper headlines, reinforces this logic. Letters and words arrive as found material, not designed artifacts. The rhythm throughout is tightly locked to the track. Every cut lands with intent.

The piece sits in a lineage of politically engaged collage animation, with Hacking explicitly citing Public Enemy's Shut 'Em Down video as a reference.


Creator Winston Hacking
Year 2020
Platform YouTube
Accessed 14 April 2026
Video license Standard YouTube License
Contributor Oliver Aemisegger
Analysis license CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗