by Hellcat

Anti's website is reporting on the new video in production for Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros' cover of "Redemption Song." The video was shot by director Josh Cheuse in NYC at Jesse Malin's Avenue A bar Niagara. Here's the report:

    The video begins with classic scenes of the NY skyline - the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building - then blends into familiar street-level sights and sounds of the city. Speeding taxis and screeching fire trucks fly by as a crew of graffiti artists and painters descends upon a blank wall to begin working furiously on a mural. As the artists consult a sketchbook, the screen is filled with a montage of archival photos and live footage of JOE (including The Clash at Shea Stadium and on the roof of Bonds, and never-before-seen footage of JOE STRUMMER AND THE MESCALEROS at Brixton Academy). By this time New Yorkers of all ages and ethnicities are watching the artists and listening to the song. Some familiar faces from the crowd include JOE's friends such as Jim Jarmusch, Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon, Jesse Malin, Cara Seymore (Adaptation, Gangs of New York), Cinque Lee (Spike's brother and co-star, along with STRUMMER and Buscemi, of the Jarmusch-helmed Mystery Train), plus all of Rancid - Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Brett Reed and Lars Frederiksen. As more details come into focus on the mural, it becomes obvious it's of STRUMMER. The clip ends with passersby lighting candles and leaving tokens at the base of mural, which reads "Joe Strummer 1952-2002."