Dr. Neal Baer

“Storytelling is our basic way of communicating our dreams, our hopes and our fears. Yet many stories go unheard, stories that could move us, stories that could motivate us to take action, because the poor and the disenfranchised too often do not have the technology to tell their personal tales. BYkids gives these youth a voice, by giving them a camera and a mentor. Now, through the work of BYkids, the world will get to see and hear their moving stories. What better way to share my love of storytelling than by helping young people who are aching to share their lives?”

Executive producer of Emmy nominated Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Neal was executive producer of the NBC series ER and was nominated for five Emmys. Neal was also a practicing pediatrician and teacher before his career in television.

Neal travelled to Mozambique in August 2007 to work with 16-year-old Alcides Soares, who has lost both parents to AIDS to make our first film.