Post by Arts Mid-Hudson

✨🎨✨Art From Here Highlight✨🎨✨⁠ ⁠ “Throughout history, artists have done more than entertain. They've challenged injustice, inspired movements, preserved culture, and helped communities imagine a better future. Few believed that more deeply than composer, conductor, educator, and activist Leonard Bernstein. That belief is at the heart of Bernstein’s Wall, a new documentary opening Friday, July 3, at The Moviehouse in Millerton for a one-week engagement. More than a traditional biography, the film explores the life of one of America's most influential cultural figures through the lens of his unwavering commitment to social change. Told almost entirely in Bernstein's own voice and featuring never-before-seen archival footage, personal letters, and intimate family recordings, the documentary reveals the man behind the maestro.“ -Melissa Dvozenja Thomas, Executive Director, Arts Mid-Hudson⁠ ⁠ Read more at https://lnkd.in/eq7w_Kiu ⁠⁠ #ArtsMidHudson #TogetherWeCreate #ArtFromHere