Popping culture: Halifax digs Johnny Depp

Every year in Halifax, the alFresco filmFesto brings cinemagoers to the outdoors, with screenings of various favourite films. Last year they programed a season of nothing but Bill Murray films, and this year they’ve returned with the idea of a single actor: Johnny Depp.

To celebrate and promote the series, a bunch of Halifamous musicians got together and created this little ditty all about Mr Depp, to the beat of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.”

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