"I didn't envision a future, I didn't think about a career, I didn't think about a family... because those were things people in my community never had."
Brian Schwartz was born in the Bronx and raised in California in an area that didn't offer much hope. But when he was placed in a school Drama class with the charismatic Ms. Rosenberg, he was shown a new path.
Now reunited in New York, Brian and his unorthodox teacher are, with the support of HSBC, trying to bring theatre to the kids of the South Bronx.
Agency - MerchantCantos
Client - HSBC
Director - Jo Brockwell
Producer - Cecilia Tornaghi
DoP - Adam Evans
Editor - Guy Hanley