Joni Mitchell shares first official video for 1971 classic ‘River’
Joni Mitchell has shared the first official music video for her classic track ‘River’, which was released in 1971.The song featured on the singer-songwriter’s seminal album ‘Blue’ and over the years has become a melancholy Christmas staple.For its first-ever video, ‘River’ has been given the animation treatment by director Matvey Rezanov and Skazka Studios. Splashes of black land on a white screen like dripping ink on a page before forming a black-and-white portrait of Mitchell looking out over a frozen mass of water.Later, the cartoon musician is seen ice skating over the river, before it cracks and turns to a branch growing in a dark sky.