A new video project by artist Carrie Mae Weems called “The Power of Your Vote" takes viewers to the streets of diverse Jackson Heights, Queens, to convey a strong message in support of Hillary Clinton as the November election looms.

Weems was inspired, in part, by President Obama's words in his address to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation at its annual dinner last month, which is excerpted as a voice over in the script.

“Hope is on the ballot, and fear is on the ballot, too,” said the President, who began:

All the progress we’ve made is at stake in this election. My name may not be on the ballot, but our progress is on the ballot. Tolerance is on the ballot. Democracy is on the ballot. Justice is on the ballot. Good schools are on the ballot. Ending mass incarceration — that’s on the ballot right now!

 And there is one candidate who will advance those things. And there’s another candidate whose defining principle, the central theme of his candidacy is opposition to all that we’ve done.

 There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter. It all matters. And after we have achieved historic turnout in 2008 and 2012, especially in the African-American community, I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy, if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election. You want to give me a good sendoff? Go vote.

View the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLe1K0TjR4