SANTA MONICA — Hal Honigsberg of Chrome (www.chrome.tv) cut a new Michael Jackson video that features supporting vocals by Akon. Hold My Hand celebrates the performer’s life and makes use of archive footage, along with a hand-picked cast of diehard fans.
Mark Pellington of Merge@Crossroads directed the 3:43 video and Eric Schmidt served as DP. Prologue Films provided visual effects for the project. Beacon Street Studios’ Paul Hurtubise handled sound design.