When KyAsia Cooper dropped out, she became one of the 20,000 New York City students who leave school every year. She found her next opportunity at City-As-School, a second-chance school in the West Village with a progressive approach to education aimed at helping an underserved population. In this short documentary I shot and edited with partner Rebecca Zissman, we follow KyAsia and her fellow music students as they prepare for a final music performance.
When KyAsia Cooper dropped out, she became one of the 20,000 New York City students who leave school every year. She found her next opportunity at City-As-School, a second-chance school in the West Village with a progressive approach to education aimed at helping an underserved population. In this short documentary I shot and edited with partner Rebecca Zissman, we follow KyAsia and her fellow music students as they prepare for a final music performance.