Frank Talk, 8 Years later

For me and for my partner, it was a no-brainer.”

So said Bernard Kleman, co-owner of Partners Cafe, on why eight years later he’s happy to have Anne Frank’s face still issuing a call for humanity eight years after the artist Believe in People painted it on the wall by the Crown Street club’s parking lot.

Kleman was among the New Haveners reflecting on the enduring power of the mural in a new video produced by New Haven’s Jake Dressler. Click on the play arrow above to watch.

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