“We are the Descendants (in 79 languages)” is a 10-minute short film/music video combining 2 songs (plus scored material) from Steven Chesne’s album “Descendants (in 79 languages)”. The first song features vocalists worldwide, all singing the very same phrase in 79 languages: “We are the descendants.”

This affirmation of our common origin features American rapper Fredo Bang, performing English languages verses.

Part 2 of the video is set to the Finale from the album, with all 79 languages singing their phrases simultaneously, against orchestral textures. Here there is a strong narrative regarding the combined efforts of disparate strangers as necessary for survival.

The vocalists singing “We are the descendants,” perform their phrases in:
Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Balinese, Bengali, Bhutanese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilonggo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khmer, Kikuyu, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Mandarin, Marathi, Maragoli, Mongolian, Navajo-Diné, Nepali, Norwegian, Odia, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Xhosa, Yoruba.

Directed by Steven Chesne and Nayip Ramos (USA)