No art without life.
A documentary in production by Maria Rosenblum & Hilary Brougher
A family struggles to care for each other years after a profound loss.
This intimate documentary examines the art and life of Jay Rosenblum, an artist killed in a cycling accident with a New York City bus in 1989. The film follows Jay’s surviving family and friends as they confront the gentrification of their East Village neighborhood and the future of the paintings that fill the attic studio of the building the young family bought in 1971. It explores the dissonance between art making as a personal experience within a family and as a commercialized product. The film is co-directed by Hilary Brougher and Jay’s younger daughter, Maria Rosenblum.