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Live performance · 2:00

Cops & Robbers

Directed by Pedro Borges.

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01 / The video

Live in the studio.

JohnBoyCOOL performs Cops & Robbers in a live recording-studio session, directed and filmed by Pedro Borges.

Format
Live performance
Running time
2:00
Artist
JohnBoyCOOL
Filmmaker
Pedro Borges
Kitchen Films release
2 February 2021
YouTube views · as of October 21, 2026
2,522
02 / The voices behind the work

Meet the artist.

Music artist

JohnBoyCOOL

JohnBoyCOOL is a rapper from Compton, Los Angeles. He also performs as part of PLVNK, a group that brings together hip-hop, rock and other musical influences.

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03 / Behind the camera

Meet the filmmaker.

Pedro Borges
Photograph supplied by Pedro Borges

Pedro Borges

Pedro Borges is a Brazilian-American writer and director raised in New York. A New York Film Academy BFA graduate, he co-founded Kitchen Films and works across short films, music videos and visual poetry.

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04 / More from the video

Around the work.

Screenplays, production photographs, cast and making-of notes are added as they are verified. Here is what this page holds today.

05 / Making the film

Behind the story.

A live studio session

The Kitchen Films release records a live performance in the recording studio. Pedro Borges is credited with directing and filming the session.

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06 / The people behind the video

Made together.

Music artist
JohnBoyCOOL
Directed & filmed by
Pedro Borges
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