Leiomy Maldonado, the only transgender person to compete in "Americas best dance crew", practices and performs in this ad, while Precious Ebony narrates. This is for the Nike #betrue collection, the shoes with the rainbow soles worn in the running and dancing scenes. "Hey Lei, what have you done, to make a mark on this world?" Precious asks, "what mountains have you climbed? which angels gave you their wings?" This is not the first time Nike has featured a transgender person in their ads, previously the ad "Unlimited Courage" starred Olympic athlete Chris Mosier. In other news, Adidas is outperforming Nike in markets worldwide.src="adland.tv/ike-unlimited-courage-2016">"Unlimited Courage" starred Olympic athlete Chris Mosier. In other news, Adidas is outperforming Nike in markets worldwide.
Camera Op: Bill Saxelby Producer: Julia Kennelly Line Producer: Karine Benzaria Executive Producer: Jeremy Yaches Edit: Jeremiah Zagar & Hugo Faraco Color: Sofie Borup @ Company 3 Sound Design & Mix: Pete Crimmi @ SoundLounge Music: The Album Leaf
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