I Was Kamala Harris' Videographer. I Wish I Could Show You What I've Seen.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Today, at the entrance of the White House, they took down the official portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris. It was the first time a woman’s face had hung there. As I walk out of the White House for the last time, I worry that this will be forgotten, that history will write her historic achievement out of the frame. I worry that Americans aren’t being given the chance to celebrate what she accomplished.

Over the past few years, as the official videographer and director of video to Vice President Kamala Harris, I traveled the world with her, watching her navigate the White House and the world stage. I observed and documented nearly everything she did every day through my trusty White House–issued Sony FX3. I filmed her in 11 countries and in 91 cities across 27 U.S. states. I observed her with prime ministers and presidents and chancellors and kings—almost all of them men—and with hostile Republicans and their spouses who wouldn’t shake her hand. I saw her with the wives of world leaders, bullied teenagers, doctors, doulas, CEOs, proud grandmothers, and excited grandchildren. I saw as she charmed skeptics and commanded rooms, as she considered reporters’ questions, as she walked across a stage with 70,000 eyes watching her every move. I was there when the Somdet Phra Sangkharat Sakonmahasangkhaparinayok, Thailand’s highest-ranking Buddhist monk, didn’t shake her hand.

As a filmmaker, this was a dream: filming history in action, documenting the first woman to serve in this role. And even though my heart is broken that she lost the election, and I was continuously enraged by the ways sexism and racism made everything harder for her, something unexpected happened to me on the job: I witnessed Harris’ impact, and it began to change me.

The best thing about working for Kamala Harris was watching a phenomenally competent and successful woman own her power in the most challenging of circumstances. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, you didn’t get to see that often enough.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kamala-harris-videographer-wish-could-183600207.html

[tulipsandroses]

1. That just broke me. I haven't cried in a while since Nov 5th. That did it.

I will never be convinced that it was the price of eggs and groceries.
All this BS talk from these bros about being strong men, the reality is that most would wither if they had to face such adversity.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Well worth reading.

Thanks for posting.

[yellow dahlia]

3. .

[bronxiteforever]

4. Kick this is great and sad.

What could have been and now what is.

[isitreal]

5. Thai budist culture was why

I am sorry you took offense with the Thai monk not touching Kamala. You really should have learned about why he would not shake her hand. A Thai monk can not even touch a woman let alone shake her hand. A thai monk cannot even sit next to a woman on a bus, train or where ever.
Just a note but if anyone is planning a trip or interacting with a culture you know nothing about please take the time to learn about them and the common does and don’ts so you don’t creat an awkward situation for your hosts as they expect, as the should, that you respect their culture.

[niyad]

8. Please notice that it is NOT the OP who made the comment, but the

videographer.

[niyad]

9. Interexting that the Chief of Protocol did not alert her, since that sort of

information is their job.

[Bev54]

14. When I lived in Thailand and

The Monks would come around early in the morning for alms giving (food, primarily), I or other women had to have a man hand it over as they would not even receive from a woman. I think it has loosened in some areas but I do think not in the hierarchy. So yes they should have been told that so it came as no surprise and nobody should blame the Monks.

[Historic NY]

6. They are already taking down portraits elsewhere too.

[a kennedy]

7. AND DAMN IT, SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Hekate]

10. KnR

[AllaN01Bear]

11. thankssss for thisss.

[Joinfortmill]

12. And the MSM never covered her. I hate them

[Comrade Citizen]

13. She is the best

VP Kamala Harris is classy, dignified, graceful, gracious, empathetic, wise. She selflessly shares her positive optimism and encouraging words to help others. She is destined for a higher calling.

[CTyankee]

18. Absolutely correct.

Her loss is tragic for me since I am 85 and might never see a woman as my president. I still hope, though, that maybe she comes roaring back, stronger than ever, four years hence.

[Wild blueberry]

15. Thank you for this poignant and excellent article

[Lonestarblue]

16. She would have been an excellent president,, and we could have made real change in this country.

Instead we are ruled by a delusional man-child and his billionaire sycophants and starting to look more like a dictatorship than a democracy.

[PunkinPi]

17. K&R nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

19. America lost out by not electing her

[Alice Kramden]

20. Pure admiration for Kamala

What a great post