Transcript for Coronavirus Fight Song

“Disability Rights Advocacy Fund” logo, UPHLS logo, and the words “WASH for All” in quotation marks appear on a white background. Slightly melancholic keyboard music starts. Cut to closeup of a man playing yellow guitar with “OC PICTURES” title card in white.

Cut to a man who is blind and wearing a black-and-gray, button-down shirt, sunglasses, leather jacket, jeans, and black-and-orange sneakers. He is holding a white cane. His name is SingStar Ali, and he is the musical artist of this music video. He appears in a few other scenes throughout the video: he stands in front of a black car with all the doors open, he plays a yellow guitar while sitting on a bench and wearing a white, button-down shirt and a black suit jacket. Lastly, in one closeup scene, he wears a pink-and-white, button-down shirt.

There is a brief transparent cut to a man wearing a blue face mask and then an infographic related to COVID-19.

Cut to SingStar singing the lyric “Singstar,” and a title card “SINGSTAR” appears on screen in white. He then sings “Ali.”

There is a “CORONA” title card in white. SingStar Ali sings the lyrics, “Coronavirus has already grown its roots.” In the lower righthand corner of the screen, a sign language interpreter translates the words. The interpreter is wearing a blue-and-yellow, tunic-like shirt and is seated in front of a white board. He remains in the bottom right corner for the rest of the music video.

SingStar Ali sings, “There isn’t a single person who didn’t feel the outcome.”

Cut to a closeup of a person wearing a blue mask looking at the camera to their left.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “For people with disability, it got even worse.”

Cut to a closeup for a hand wearing a blue glove. The hand is holding a test tube that is covered in white paper that says, “Coronavirus” and has two checkboxes for a negative or positive result. There is red liquid in the test tube. The test tube has a yellow cover. There is a red checkmark in the positive checkbox.

Cut to a closeup of a SingStar Ali singing, “Because they already had many obstacles that wouldn’t let them live independently/“Stay at home” happened, poverty got amplified, And stayed.”

A still photograph appears of people standing next to big blue buckets. There is a man wearing a blue face mask and a black-and-red shirt. He has a white watch on. There is a second man to his left wearing a green uniform and a green hat. The second man is wearing a blue face mask. Next to the second man on his left is a woman wearing a black hijab and an orange shirt. She has her hand out, and the man wearing the green uniform is putting something in her hand. To the woman’s left, there is a third man wearing a white face mask. He has on a red shirt and a blue shirt over it. There are yellow letters on the top left corner of the blue shirt.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “The ones we worked with began missing jobs/We pushed hard but in vain/We pushed hard but in vain/Life continued getting harder/We continued to strive.”

A closeup image of a blue face mask briefly appears on the screen.

Cut back to the SingStar Ali singing, “But poverty continued to be more than issue/Corona…virus.”

Cut to a closeup image of a hand wearing a blue glove. The hand is holding a test tube that is covered in white paper that says, “Coronavirus” and has two checkboxes for a negative or positive result. There is red liquid in the test tube. The test tube has a yellow cover. There is a red checkmark in the positive checkbox.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “People with disability, we will continue fighting you/Corona…virus.”

Cut to a still photograph of a medical professional wearing a white hazmat suit with blue lines on it. They are also wearing green goggles and blue gloves. They are pointing a thermometer to the forehead of a woman. Her hair is in a ponytail, and she is wearing silver earrings.

SingStar Ali sings, “People with disability, we will continue protecting ourselves against you.”

Singstar Ali raps, “Poverty makes it harder for people to find clean water and soap/People with disability among us who were not informed on the epidemic and preventative measures.”

Cut to a closeup shot of a Patrolman stereo.

Cut to a white, black, and brown television set with SingStar Ali strumming his yellow guitar. He sings, “Most of them do not have access to radios, TVs and other communication materials in accessible format.”

Cut to a closeup of a pair of sunglasses and a white cane on a green bench.

Cut to SingStar singing, “We found ways to fight you even if some of us ignored the measures.”

Cut to a still image of a person wearing a white hazmat suit, a blue face mask, and goggles. There is a second man fixing the first man’s hazmat suit. The second man is wearing a blue-and-white polka-dotted, button-down shirt and a white lab coat over it. The second man is wearing a blue face mask, white goggles, and a blue hair net. There is a yellow-and-black wall and a window in the background.

SingStar Ali appears again, singing, “But people with disability know that we still have many obstacles/little stature don’t even know how to get to wash their hands due to theIR HEIGHT.”

Cut to a man with dwarfism wearing an orange shirt. He is wearing a green mask and has black messenger bag slung over one shoulder. He is attempting to lift his hands into a sink to wash his hands.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “Inaccessible hand-washing facilities where it is difficult for the people with disabilities to use them, including little people, wheelchair users.”

There is a brief transition to a person wearing green, pink, and black sneakers. They are also wearing dark blue jeans. There is a second brief transition to SingStar Ali.

Cut to a closeup of a pair of hands pressing on a soap dispenser.

Cut to a closeup of a SingStar Ali singing, “Person with visual impairment cannot respect physical distancing properly.”

Cut to a woman who is blind holding hands with a man. The woman is wearing a green dress and using a white cane. She is also wearing a blue face mask and black sunglasses. She has her hair pulled back in a ponytail. The man holding hands with her has a blue-and-yellow shirt on with black jeans. He is wearing a pink face mask. They are both walking towards the camera.

There is a transition to Singstar Ali and then a cut to a still image of people waiting in line. They are all wearing masks. There are yellow buses to their left and a building next to the buses. In the background of this picture is a frame of one of SingStar Ali’s scenes.

Singstar Ali sings, “people with hearing impairment who can’t hear you unless they can read you what you are telling them.”

Cut to a clip of a man wearing a black face mask. He is wearing a white-and-black striped, button-down shirt, and he is pointing towards something. He is sitting on a chair. There is a white board behind him.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “And the mask that are there.” He covers his mouth with his hand. A transparent image of a blue mask appears on the screen.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “people with mental impairment challenged who are having uncontrolled movement as they wish.”

The song continues: “We know the expansion of coronavirus/Those ignoring it like they don’t know/We pushed hard but in vain.”

There is a brief transition to a still photograph of a medical professional wearing a white hazmat suit with blue lines on it. The professional is also wearing green goggles and blue gloves and holding a thermometer to the forehead of a woman. Her hair is in a ponytail, and she is wearing silver earrings.

Cut to SingStar Ali singing, “Life continued getting harder/We continued to strive/But poverty continued to be more than issue/Corona…virus/People with disability, we will continue fighting you/Corona…virus/People with disability we will continue protecting ourselves against you/We pushed hard but in vain/Life continued getting harder/We continued to strive/But poverty continued to be more than issue/Corona…virus/People with disability, we will continue fighting you/Corona…virus/People with disability, we will continue protective ourselves against you.”

End credits appear on screen. There is a “SINGSTAR” title card in white over shots of SingStar Ali from the video.

Cut to “CORONA” title card in white over a shot of a pair of sunglasses on a green bench.

Cut to black screen and “Produced by UPHLS” title card in white. “Disability Rights Advocacy Fund” logo, UPHLS logo, and words “WASH for All” in quotation marks appear on a white background.

Fade to black.