Performers: Melba Moore, Gerald Albright, Anita Baker, Bobby Brown, Terri Lyne Carrington, The Clark Sisters, Jasmine Guy (dancer), Howard Hewett, Freddie Jackson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Brian McKnight, Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, Karen Clark Sheard, Take 6, Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans, Stevie Wonder
Date Uploaded
June 25, 2009
Rights
Melba Moore/Capitol Records; Debbie Allen, director (1990)
Narrative
The video was directed by Debbie Allen. It begins with a soliloquy by Louis Gossett, Jr. The video features noted African American singers such as Dionne Warwick, BeBe Winans, Jeffrey Osborne, Bobby Brown (who also dances), and others, and includes dancing by Jasmine Guy. All of the performers are dressed in white and are positioned in front of a fuschia background with light blue steps on which they stand or sit. Three to four male dancers accompany Guy, who dances around the singers. A small chorus of children, also dressed in white, join the singers and dancers. Only the first and third verses of the song are performed (See Jessika Banzouzi, Aloe Blacc). The video ends with Gossett intoning, “keep hope alive.”