Something Within Me

Duration: :53

Year Published: 1992

Creator: C K Studios

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Illustrates the teaching style at St. Augustine's School for the Arts in the South Bronx, New York. Uses interviews with the principal, Thomas Pilecki, and various teachers to describe the importance of music and arts in the curriculum. Listen to students playing instruments, singing, and talking about the school. Discusses the change implemented in the curriculum in 1985 and the success of the new system. Includes some dialogue on discipline, sex, drugs, AIDS, and budgetary challenges. Highlights the year-end holiday concert as a replacement for a final exam in music.