Michael Patrei on his documentary Ballou

Recently I had a chance to sit down at the Tram with Michael Patrei who is a film maker here in Utica to talk about a project he did a couple of years back called Ballou. The film was an excellent documentary that was done on a marching band in an impoverished section of D.C. Michael's film changed the lives of many of the kids in that band and the film took him as far as a festival in Belarus and was even screened at the White House.

I felt compelled to share Michael's story as yet another example of the cool things that are being done by people here in Utica. You can watch the documentary online at Hulu by clicking the link below or find out more about the film at the official website.

Michael's next project is a human rights film festival called called Unspoken.

http://balloumovie.com/

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