The award-winning documentary "Man on a Mission" will be featured at the Mana Contemporary Arts Center (888 Newark Ave., Jersey City) on Saturday April 18th at 2 pm. The film focuses its lens on the remarkable story of community artist Carmine Tabone and his innovative work with children for 50 years in Jersey City. Beginning in the mid-1970s until his retirement in 2023, Tabone's work focused on exploring innovative ways of using the arts as a means of engaging children, teaching literacy and creating community.

"Man on a Mission" is the co-creation of local artists and educators the late Dina Bruno Ciborowski and Dr. Robert Albrecht with the able assistance of veteran filmmaker Harry Kafka who did the editing and offered important assistance throughout the project.

The film has been the recipient of numerous awards including "Best Documentary" in the Helsinki Education Film Festival International in Finland and the Golden Door International Film Festival in Jersey City as well as a Merit Award given by Impact Docs in La Jolla, California. The film has also been screened at international media conferences in Mexico City (Universidad Panamericana) and New York (Fordham University at Lincoln Center).

Admission is free.

I am happy to announce that work on our new video is now in its beginning stages. With the able assistance of media veterans Joel Katz and Harry Kafka, "A Song of Resistance: The Fight for Community Arts" is a video documentary that will explore the life and work of Jersey City cultural activist Daoud Williams (1943-2025). By following the 55-year journey of Daoud's work in community arts, the video will explore such questions as: What exactly are community arts? What role do the arts play in creating community? What can we learn from Daoud's life-long work in community arts?

Our film documentary about the importance of the arts in a child’s emotional, social and academic development is now available for public showings at churches, schools and other community locations. Dr. Robert Albrecht, co-director of the documentary, will introduce the video, respond to questions, and lead discussions related to the importance of the arts in education.

We are proud to announce that our documentary “Man on a Mission” has received a host of honors over the past couple of years. As we enter more deeply into the Digital Age, the film’s appeal for the expansion of the arts in a child’s education, appears to have struck a responsive chord with audiences both locally and internationally. The awards include: Best Documentary Film (2024), The Golden Door International Film Festival, Jersey City. Merit Award (2024), Impact Docs, La Jolla, California. Best Documentary Film (2024), Helsinki Education Film Festival International. The John Culkin Award (2025), Media Ecology Association at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City.

Bob will perform selections from "A Tale of Two Cities: Jersey City and Hoboken" on Wednesday evening, November 13, 2024 at the Museum of Jersey City History. The Museum is located at 298 Academy Street, near Journal Square. Admission is free.

"Man on a Mission: The Transformative Powers of the Arts", the documentary that Bob made with Dina Bruno about the powerful role that the arts play in education, has just been selected for inclusion in the Helsinki Education Film Festival International. At the festival, Bob will be taken on an educational cruise to Sweden with the Minister of Education of Finland together with a group of Finnish educators.