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Black Sweat

Music Video details First aired: 2 February 2006 Producer(s): Sheira Rees-Davies / Nicole Acacio Director: Sanaa Hamri Related home video/DVD: Black Sweat CD single First (Commercially) Released: 7 March 2006 Awards Date Institution, Country Award This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Black Sweat is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single. The video was included in an enhanced part of the single. The video was directed Sanaa Hamri and filmed at Prince's rented house on Sierra Alta Way (3121) on 21 January 2006. Some photos of the shoot were posted on the NPGMC website while it was happening. Black Sweat is the second video shot in black and white (after Girls & Boys). It features only Prince, dancer Celestina Aladekoba and DJ Rashida. There are some touches of humor when Prince shows his insensitivity to the suggestive dances of Celestina and also a reference to a scene from Kiss when he makes a disgusted expression when she shouts "like a white lady". Of note, Prince reads (a fictitious or ultimately unreleased issue of) the 3121 Newsletter with Támar Davis on the cover (see trivia). The shooting took place the day after the first show of a 13-date tour with her. Shooting Information Shooting Sessions Date Location Additional info 21 January 2006 3121 (Private Residence) Cast Prince Celestina Aladekoba DJ Rashida Crew Sanaa Hamri - director Sheira Rees-Davies - co-producer Nicole Acacio - co-producer Checco Varese - director of photography Joe Waistell - first assistant camera Fatima Robinson - choreographer More information needed Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Black Sweat 3:19 Black Sweat enhanced CD Single (2006) Prince YouTube channel (2018) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2018)

Additional Information See Also Quotation & triva Black Sweat Black Sweat (single) The video was nominated for Best Cinematography in a Video (Director of Photography: Checco Varese) at 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The "3121 Newsletter" or "3121 magazine" was a magazine distributed exclusively during the residency at the 3121 Rio Hotel Casino in late 2006. The issue shown in this video may be just a prototype. Sanaa Hamri has directed the following videos for Prince: Musicology, Call My Name, A Million Days, Black Sweat, Fury, Guitar (second version) and Fixurlifeup. References 2006 MTV Video Music Awards

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