Photographer, filmmaker, and musician Dave Doobinin has released a mind-tripping new song and video that’s perfect for a time when Americans find themselves feeling cut off – both from each other and from the truth. Produced by Meg Toohey and written in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, “Telefone” offers an audio and visual journey into the tension and confusion permeating the country today.
“This is a big middle finger to the lies that are being readily fed to us by our Government,” says Doobinin. “They are killing more and more Americans each day. We are being divided. That was clear the moment this administration took office. But it’s bigger than that; keep your eyes open and challenge what is being fed to you. Stay strong and don’t let this isolation weaken you. Love wins.”
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A musician, photographer, and filmmaker, Doobinin Doobinin has released eight albums, including 2015’s The Left Side. As the founder of Follette Films, he has compiled an impressive catalogue of film and photography: he worked with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai, directing and editing a video for her new book, We Are Displaced, as well as directing the trailer for The Reminders, a book by Val Emmich. In 2018, Doobinin premiered his award-winning short film, This Is Something, in Zurich, Switzerland.
Doobinin has also directed music videos for John Doe of X, Longwave, Patty Smyth, Bird Streets, Joseph Arthur, as well as Juliana Hatfield, who was also the focus of the Doobinin-directed short film Undiscovered Planet. He also stepped behind the camera for Gloria Gaynor’s “Back on Top” video for her Grammy-winning Testimony album. Doobinin is currently working on Bury Me With Soldiers, a documentary short about indigent veterans in NYC.
A prolific photographer, Doobinin has had his work featured in publications such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Recently, he worked with Fotographika in NYC, photographing Joseph Arthur with his art installation in the gallery.
