A short video to highlight the annual Brooklyn Conservatory's Gala as well as promote next years fundraising party.
AL DIAZ: LIKE A BOMB
In 1976 Al Diaz and Jean Michel Basquiat became fast friends at City As High School in New York. Together they created SAMO©, the street tag that would change the course of their lives forever. With a high-powered music track, Artist and graffiti legend, Al Diaz recounts this gritty coming-of-age story and lands us in the here and now with his poignant messages and hard-won wisdom.
“AL DIAZ: LIKE A BOMB” won Best Documentary at the 2022 Film Crash Film Festival in Santa Monica and Latino International Film Expo in Chicago. It continues to be presented at other film festivals and venues both locally and internationally.
A documentary profiling UNICEF's foray into working with adolescent girls in order to create effective support for their development in 15 different countries. The girls struggle to be heard by the very people who are proposing to help them.
In late March 2020, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music went providing music education to 7500 New Yorkers across all 5 boroughs to serving zero due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. This film tells the story of how this remarkable community music school is meeting that challenge now.
Grammy-winner Dan Zanes, whose music is a hit with kids and their families across the world, partnered with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music to launch an innovative new music education program for kids.