In times of uncertainty, people seek understanding and meaning. This year, the world searched “why” more than ever. This film features the questions we asked this year, with words and narration by Kofi Lost. Explore more trends from the year at https://google.com/yearinsearch

#YearInSearch

Mira este video en español: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZzM-4mF8w
Audio described version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVrUv-w3Oo


C R E D I T S:

Google Brand Studio
Words/Narration: Kofi Lost
Editor: Scott Butzer - Cabin Editing Company
Sound Design: John Bolen - Formosa Group
VFX/Color/Finish: Shape + Light

Original Music: Peter CottonTale - “Together”
Featured Artists: Chicago Children’s Choir, Cynthia Erivo, and The Matt Jones (Re-Collective Orchestra)


SELECT FOOTAGE COURTESY OF:
@RMG News
Getty Images / NBC News Archives
Tom Fuller, Tom Wilkinson, and the University of Oxford
Seán Doran
Photo by Stephanie Maze
Footage from the “World Surf Weekly” provided through the courtesy of the World Surf League
Meged Gozani, Haaretz
The Real Neal’s
Breonna Taylor Mural by Future History Now
Breonna Taylor Mural photo courtesy of Maurice Taylor
Academy Awards® Clip
Copyright © Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
WNBA/NBA footage courtesy of the National Basketball Association
Jimmy Fallon footage courtesy of NBC Universal
Estate of Breonna Taylor
Trayvon Martin Foundation
The estate of George Floyd
Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation
Photo copyright courtesy of NBC Archives
Footage copyright courtesy of Alyza Enriquez
Richner Communications, Inc /Long Island Herald
Story to Spectacle
Nandi Bushell
Eddie VanHalen music video footage courtesy of Rhino Records, a Warner Music Group company
Canal OFF
XOS Digital
Mural Credit -Dom Whitehurst
Photo courtesy of Nate Palmer
Photography by PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS/AP
Commencement speech courtesy of Howard University
Mural Artist Nikkolas Smith
Footage courtesy US Tennis Association
JaVale McGee, https://www.youtube.com/javalemcgee


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