Maestro

The documentary is about the nightclub culture of New York. The period is the seventies and the eighties. In those years a scene grew up outside the mainstream. The clubs became a refuge for Black and gay people. The film follows how that scene came about. The Paradise Garage is at the centre of the account. The Loft and the Gallery are covered as well. Larry Levan is the film’s central figure. David Mancuso and Nicky Siano are described too. The sound they built went on to shape dance music. The documentary tries to carry over the air of those days. What the AIDS epidemic did to this scene is described as well. The people who were lost are remembered. David Mancuso and Nicky Siano speak in the eighty nine minute documentary. It is an American production Josell Ramos finished in 2003.