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Music Video: Have a dance with a nun in Devendra Banhart's new video

Date
30 October 2013

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Trust Devendra Banhart; beautiful melody-maker, artist, lover of Ana Kras and style icon to pop up with a game-changer of a video like this. Expertly shot, the story is of a young, black nun who escapes the confines of her convent and runs away to the big city where she becomes a glitzy, sexy television presenter. In between haunting imagery of her running through a monochrome forest in her habit, we are met with serene shots of her and Devendra dancing slowly side by side in a hypnotic, finger-clicking rhythm, the whites of their eyes boring into our own through our screens. This is how music videos should be: hypnotic, entrancing, stylish and perfectly in time with the music.

A black and white close-up of a person dressed as a nun, looking downwards with a solemn expression. They wear a traditional habit and a beaded necklace.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

A person dressed as a nun sits on the edge of a bed in a dimly lit room. They wear a traditional habit and rosary beads, looking downwards with a somber expression.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

A person dressed as a nun stands before a large, stone building in a black and white scene. Dark trees frame the composition on either side.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

A person sings into a microphone, smiling towards the camera. They are surrounded by other people in formal wear in a black and white scene.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

A black and white portrait of a person wearing a structured, light-coloured blazer and a large, circular earring. They look slightly off-camera against a plain wall that catches their shadow.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

A black and white shot of two people against a dark background. One person wears a white nun’s habit and rosary beads, while the other wears a dark suit and a decorative brooch.
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Devendra Banhart: Für Hildegard von Bingen. Written and directed by Devendra Banhart and Isaiah Seret

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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