Seen in New York

Seen in New York is a video series about NYC’s unique learning landscape.

Coney Island’s Sideshow School

Aspiring snake charmers, sword-swallowers, and fire-eaters learn the tricks of the trade right off the boardwalk.

Credits

Shot by Luke Malone + Diana Diroy + Yana Kehrlein

Produced by Jamie Renee Smith

Edited by Diana Diroy

Music by Stealing Orchestra

Access at Brooklyn Museum

Once a month, people with memory loss due to Alzheimer’s, dementia, or brain trauma, and their caregivers are invited to The Brooklyn Museum’s Brooklyn Afternoons Program. On these days, the museum is open just for them, allowing attendees to spend time with each other and original works of art in order to generate conversation and help these individuals express themselves while living in the present moment.

Credits

Shot by Diana Diroy + Andrew Visser + Luke Malone

Produced by Jackie Heltz

Edited by Diana Diroy

Music by Alex Fitch

Gallop NYC (Part I)

Therapeutic horsemanship helps participants improve motor, developmental, interpersonal, and emotional skills while connecting with and riding a horse.

Shot by Luke Malone + Diana Diroy + Yana Kehrlein

Edited by Diana Diroy

Music by Yoko Komatsu

Green-Wood Cemetery

Home to nearly 600,000 permanent residents including some of NYC’s most famous: Boss Tweed, Basquiat, Horace Greeley, countless Civil War generals, politicians, artists and inventors, Green-Wood Cemetery not only contains enormous collections of 19th and 20th century statuary and mausoleums but proves the perfect classroom students from all five boroughs to study everything from the effects of acid rain on stone, to storytelling, to the history of key inventions.

CREDITS

Shot by Diana Diroy + Luke Malone

Produced by Jihii Jolly

Edited by Diana Diroy

Music by Aaron Ximm