Rafael Casal

Rafael Casal

Birth : 1985-08-08,

History

Rafael Santiago Casal (born August 8, 1985) is an American writer, performer, and producer originally from the Bay Area. Rafael's first TV appearance was performing on three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry, and as a creator online with millions of YouTube/Facebook views for his original music, poetry, web shorts, and political commentary. His theater-in-verse work has brought him around the country and the world both in the realm of activism and arts performance at hundreds of colleges and venues. Rafael is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the BARS workshop at The Public Theater in New York.

Profile

Rafael Casal

Movies

We Were Hyphy
We Were Hyphy
Executive Producer
A love song to the artists, dance, music, slang, clothes and, most importantly of all, the people who came of age during the Hyphy Movement. ​ We were there, we were hyphy.
We Were Hyphy
We Were Hyphy
Self
A love song to the artists, dance, music, slang, clothes and, most importantly of all, the people who came of age during the Hyphy Movement. ​ We were there, we were hyphy.
Bad Education
Bad Education
Kyle Contreras
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
Blindspotting
Blindspotting
Producer
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
Blindspotting
Blindspotting
Miles
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
Blindspotting
Blindspotting
Writer
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
x Infinity
x Infinity
Visual album that consists of all the videos for the 18 track album, x Infinity, by spoken word artist, rapper, and author George Watsky.
Wildcat
Wildcat
The story of famous writer Flannery O'Connor, set in the 1950s.
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Illustrates and explains how the 2018 film Blindspotting was created. Features interviews with all involved in the film.
First Sight
First Sight
Producer
A sci-fi romantic comedy about falling asleep to find the person of your dreams.
First Sight
First Sight
Writer
A sci-fi romantic comedy about falling asleep to find the person of your dreams.
First Sight
First Sight
Director
A sci-fi romantic comedy about falling asleep to find the person of your dreams.
First Sight
First Sight
A sci-fi romantic comedy about falling asleep to find the person of your dreams.