Musician and filmmaker Jessica “Jess” Silber releases her first music video, “It Hurts to Love a Woman,” today on Valentine’s Day. The music video, which premieres below, was a winner at the Global Music Awards, The IndieFEST Film Awards, a finalist at the New York Short Film Festival, a semi-finalist at Blow-Up Arthouse Filmfest, a nominee at the LA Independent Women Film Awards, and an official selection of the Macon Film Festival and International Music Video Underground.
Silber employed a distinctive filmmaking approach, shooting half of the music video on a high-end RED camera and the other half on a humble $20 camcorder. This intentional visual duality highlights the juxtaposition of two drastically different experiences, in the same exact space. Silber intricately captures the beautifully tragic tale of falling for someone who doesn’t love themselves. In a unique artistic endeavour, Silber not only lends her songwriting and vocal talents to the project but also takes the director’s chair, crafting a visually stunning narrative.
Speaking about her creative choices, Silber shares, “We tend to remember the dark, painful, and even traumatic moments with a kind of clarity that overshadows our happier memories. I wanted to use these two very distinct cameras to mirror the power of the mind. Making this film was not only a personal journey for me to process and move on but, above all, a reminder to never lose myself in the quest for someone else’s love or validation.”
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