We freely admit to having teared up at the end of a recent Obama campaign ad, so it goes without saying that we were just about wrecked by a four-minute-long Spanish-language music video promoting cross-cultural support of Barack titled “Si Se Puede Cambiar (Yes We Can Change)”.
The video was originally intended for Spanish-speaking Texans but, as with seemingly all things in life, this one’s gone viral – netting a national audience and 50,000 hits in three days.
Produced by filmmakers Eric Byler (AMERICANese) and Annabel Park for United for Obama, an Asian-American and Latino organization, “Si Se Puede Cambiar” features singer-songwriter Andrés Useche woefully asking (in Spanish) “What did FEMA do after Katrina?” and “What was the purpose of this war?”, played out over black & white photos of flood victims and the commander-in-chief in that dumbass flight suit. Oh, and Kal Penn, too! We’re sold.
This article appears in February 22 • 2008.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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