Cliffy Barz, Born October 28, 1983 right In The Heart Of Harlem. He grew up in a neighborhood where crime, shootings, and robberies were nothing new. In Highschool he gave up basketball for what became his new passion which was Filming. He started his own Public Access TV Show In June 2003. After Just A Few Months On The Air More And More Viewers Caught Interest In Watching The Show. The Show "Harlem Streets" Shows The Truths About How Hard Life Can Be Growing Up In Poor Dangerous Neighborhoods. Source Magazine Got A Hold Of Some Of Cliffy Barz Work And Mentioned It In The Record Report March 2007 Sorce Magazine Issue. He Also Caught The Attention From B.E.T Directors Of TV Show "Hot Ghetto Mess", they aired his footage across the nation for the first time on one of their episodes in June of 2007. Cliffy Barz Continues To Work On Many Film Projects Including His Latest...."New York Streets" and "10 Block Radius" both are overwhelming film projects that he claims will "make the world see me as one of the best documentary film directors of all time". These are soon to be released mid 2009
"You Only Are What Your Competition Is" This Is The Quote That Cliffy Barz Has Followed From A Little Kid. Surrounding Himself Around People That Were Better Then Him So That He Could Adapt And Become Better At What He Did. As A Freshman Entering St. Agnes Boys High School He Tried Out For The Varsity Basketball Team And Made It. It wasnt all that easy because although he made his highschool team in one shot, he had plenty of prior situations where he did not make teams, but kept struggling to make them. Growing Up As A Basketball Player, Barz Wanted To Go Pro But Started getting mixed feelings when a team player stated "do you wanna run up and down the court like a fool for the rest of your life, or do you wanna make money" Although Basketball Was His Heart He Had Got Called For His First Job And It Was Basketball Or Money. Deciding which one to choose was not easy, But books for school needed to get paid for along with other exspences and Barz Decided To Work. In College Barz Decided To Major In Radio Production But Came To Find Out The College He Wanted To Go To Did Not Offer That Course. Instead, They Offered Tv Production. Cliffy Barz Went With His Heart And decided to take the closest major to radio which was Tv. After Enrolling In The TV Productions Major, Professors Noticed A Talent Within Cliffy And Decided To Reccommend him to start his own Show With Public Access TV. Little By Little, More And More People Started Noticing, The Ideas Cliffy Barz Had In The TV Industry Were Golden. If You Dont Know About Cliffy Barz Then You Dont Know About Harlem. Cliffy Barz Is One Of the Youngest Most Talented Film Producers/Director On The Come Up From Harlem. Most People Dont Even Realize Some Of The Work That Cliffy Has Done. He has Shot over 10 documentaries, and has been helping upcoming artist create their first music video's. Rap Star "Young B" Artist on Smash Hit Chicken Noodle Soup, got one of her first TV appearances on Cliffy Barz Show Harlem Streets before Chicken Noodle Soup Was Created. Barz Has Also Interviewed nearly every hardcore rap artist you can think of from Dip Set, to Mobb Deep, to 50 Cent, and even family and friends of one of Hip Hop Greatest Rappers Never Known Big L. He Continues to produce films that are shocking to the average typical viewer. Cliffy Barz Has Shown The Film Industry and Music Industry What Real Street Hip Hop Hood Footage Is All About. He gives viewers the opportunity to not just see the hood in Harlem, But He has done Documentaries in various places such as Memphis Tennesse, which is in the top 5 most dangerous violent ares to live in the US, Daytona Florida's (Spring Break), Camden New Jersey, West Phili, and soon plans on filming Compton California, followed by Detroit. Barz Has Also Been Negotiating what could turn out to be a TV Deal with B.E.T for a new show called Hot Ghetto Mess...Stay Tuned and Keep An Eye Out For Cliffy Barz.
The Mission
I got into this when i got into college, i really wanted to get into radio broadcasting but they did not offer that major in my college so i took the next closet thing which was tv production. After i joined the tv production major we were given certain film assignments to bring in and show to the class....since i lived right in the heart of harlem i simply decided to film the people right in my neighborhood---i had gang members, drug dealers, and a bunch of unemployed minorities in my neighborhood who felt they had no means of a legitimate income so they turned to stealing and robbing as a way to survive....I felt that if i could interview them and let the world hear what they have to say, it would be interesting and even somewhat edjucational. When i showed my little documentaries in class the whole class was amazed by the footage i was able to get. For me it really wasnt that big of a deal; to get all the gangsters and hustlers on camera because they were right in my neighborhood, some were even my friends. Because of all the good feedback i kept recieving on my lil class projects i was told i should start my own show--a guy who worked at my school in the film department who had his own show told me what to do and i did it. At first i didnt want to take it that serious, but after a breakup with my girlfriend at the time, i was determined to make it so big in life that she would regret ever treating me wrong, so i couldnt think of anything but to start my own tv show and make it the best that I could so I could one day get notice, become famouse, and very financially stable. After I started My Show I named it "Harlem Streets" more and more people found out about it and liked it. After a year went by more people then i could imagine found out about my little public access show called "Harlem Street". I was amazed when i was contacted by a friend who told me that he saw my name in the Source Magazin...I couldnt believe it but when i checked the source magazine infact did write a short paragraph about me and my work. A few months after that producers working on a B.E.T show contacted me and asked me to send them some footage and i did. For the first time i had my work aired at a major tv staion (B.E.T) on a show called Hot Ghetto Mess. Today I just continue to grind hard hoping for a tv deal. I realized my heart is into doing documentaries so thats what I specialize in even though I do it all
The Block
141 Street Was The Block I Grew Up On...Surrounded By Blacks, Dominicans, and Puerto Ricans. My Hood Was Famous And Well Known For Notorious Drug Wars, and other Drug Relataed Violence.
The History
Cliffy Barz Presents Harlem Streets. A young talented producer from Harlem named Clifford Kofi aka Cliffy Barz creates a documentary DVD film about how life is like living on the rough streets of Harlem. Being Related To One Of Hip Hops Greatest Rappers Big L...(Lamont Coleman) Cliffy Had The Opportunity To Be Around All The Big Time Hustlers In Harlem At An Early Age. He gives viewers the opportunity to see talented rappers from the streets of Harlem represent thier block, and their hood on camera. Although Cliffy was born and raised in Harlem, He moved to Memphis Tennesee (Home Of 36-Mafia, Sizzurp, and lowriders)for 3 years and adapted some of the characteristics of the South. Much Of His Work is chopped and screwed even in video format. His great passion for film launced him with his own 30 minute TV show called Harlem Streets which comes on TV every Sunday Night 12:30am on channel 57 MNN. For those of you who dont Have Harlem Streets Volume 1, it is definetily a must have DVD. This was Cliffy Barz first original DVD. The whole DVD was filmed right here in the heart of Harlem including the following blocks. 145th, 125th, lenox ave, 8th Ave, Broadway, St. Nick, Amsterdam, and other Local Harlem Blocks. This DVD is basically a true documentary about Harlem exposing the violence, trouble, and talent surrounding this small area in Uptown Manhattan. In this documentary you will see everything from hot freestyles, real crimes, police activity, to witnessing how modern day life is like living in the hood. What you will see in this DVD is young kids striving to survive on the rough streets known to many as Harlem. The issues that cause this community to become corrupt and violent are discuse along with live action footage caught on camera to give our viewers a better understanding on what is going on out here on these Streets. Some of the Footage maybe a little graphic but points out major issues which play big roles in the violence that happens. All these issues are discussed and exposed so people can really know what is going on out here. In these streets its rough, its hard, and people strive to stay alive everyday in Harlem Streets. It took me a while to realize we cannot always critisize those who chose to live their life on the streets. Because for some its not a choice. Its the only option --Cliffy Barz Be Sure To Look Out For Cliffy Barz Newest DVD!! In The Streets Called "New York Streets" Coming Soon ---Most People Have No Idea How Retarded This DVD Is Going To Be....See Every Hood From Bronx To Brooklyn To Queens To Statin Island...Right Back To Money Making Manhattan and Harlem World. Cliffy Barz and his partner Moolie will take you through a documentary of What New York Been About, And What It Is About At Its Current Stage. You Have To See This One....Coming Summer 2009! 2009
