David Olney - Millionaire (Apartment Sessions)

Please consider donating to a bail fund near you https://www.communityjusticeexchange.... and/or to https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/ and/or https://www.innocenceproject.org/ If you'd like to learn more about the prison abolition movement, please watch this video by Ruth Wilson:    • The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson...   This video was recorded in October 2019 in front of the Atlanta Penitentiary, a notoriously corrupt federal prison which houses almost 2,000 inmates and detainees. “Millionaire” speaks hauntingly to the state of rampant inequity that has been endemic to our modern world and our country since their inceptions. The glorification and celebrity of the ultra-wealthy (see: number-based epithets like “millionaire” and “billionaire” that inherently deify) leads many to simultaneously revile and chase this kind of inflated influence. This interwoven web of big (often inherited) money, a profit-over-people mindset, and the criminalization of poverty has led to a for-profit carceral system that is extractive, punitive, and particularly harmful to black and brown lives. An insidious cash bail system further centralizes the issue of wealth, allowing white collar criminals to pay their way out of jail and leaves those who have committed nonviolent survivalist offenses to sit in jail for exorbitant amounts of time awaiting trial. Prisons as they exist in the U.S. today (and perhaps in all forms) are actively harmful facilitators of recidivism, racism, corruption, and the legacy of slave labor. A massive overhaul of the rehabilitative paradigm is the only way forward. Season 3, Episode 16 - Millionaire (David Olney) Music and Lyrics by David Olney Arranged by Drew Krasner Liam Lewis - vocals, mandolin Courtney Swain - vocals Jessica Kion - vocals Ethan Crystal - vocals Luke McGinnis - vocals Evan Tyor - vocals Ben Marcus - vocals Jon Chen - cello Sam Quiggins - cello Drew Krasner - tenor sax Jared Yee - tenor sax Mike Rilli - trombone Ben Levin - electric guitar Ian Anderson - acoustic guitar Andrea DeMarcus - bass Kevin Grossman - drums Engineered by Evan Tyor and Kevin Grossman Mixed and Mastered by Evan Tyor Filmed by Liz Maney and Kelvin Alfonso Video Edited by Liz Maney Apartment Sessions Logo Animation by Brian Plautz Session Title Handwriting by Liam Lewis Penitentiary Illustration by Ben Marcus Outro Music by Evan Tyor Powered in part by Sun Lab Studio Thank you to Dave and Lisa Strohauer, Eric Damn Belt, and everyone at Earthshaking music for the years of support, thanks to Dave Kirslis for the kit, thanks to Taylor Chicoine for the gear. Thank you to our Patrons, who make these videos possible. To become a Patron, visit us at www.Patreon.com/ApartmentSessions Apartment Sessions is created & produced by Luke McGinnis, Evan Tyor, Drew Krasner, and Liz Maney Subscribe at    / apartmentsessions   Join our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/41b66ac8ba8a/apart... Filmed in Atlanta, Georgia in September 2019.