ABOUT
THE BOOM HOUSE is a creative and socially motivated video production, music studio and multi-media company. We specialize in the creation of video content and media campaigns for organizations and individuals with a documentary film style. We focus on the unique impact storytelling can have to communicate, connect and transform.
At THE BOOM HOUSE, we believe in passion for creating great ideas and transforming them into compelling visual content that help individuals and organizations communicate their vision through the visualization of the human experience. We hope that our work creates bridges by stretching our imagination, teaching compassion and promoting equity in our beautifully divers planet; we hope to protect and enrich liberty, human dignity and an inclusive public discourse that's at the heart of our values and our work ethic.
Video is a critical component in spreading awareness about the work you do, and we're here to help in that effort. We invite you to brows our website and contact our team. We're eager to help you weave your story.
OUR TEAM
Here at THE BOOM HOUSE our team contracts and expands to serve our clients needs. We are connected to the video and film community in Boston and beyond with trusted and talented partners who come into our projects to complete our crew as needed.
MONICA COHEN
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Monica Cohen is a Colombian filmmaker whose documentaries explore art, culture, and social transformation through intimate human stories. She founded The Boom House, a Boston-based production company specializing in cinematic documentary storytelling that bridges cultural divides and amplifies marginalized voices.
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Cohen's work has screened at prestigious festivals including Sundance, CPH:DOX, and FICCI. She was named a 2023 Brother Thomas Fellow in recognition of her artistic vision and community impact. Her feature documentary DREAMS OF CHONTA (2020) won Best Documentary at multiple festivals including United Latino Film Festival, while MY NAME IS PEDRO (2017), which she co-produced, earned the Audience Award at Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Documentary at Golden Door International Film Festival.
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As co-director of CONNECTIONS: NO ONE IS AN ISLAND (2021), a groundbreaking global multimedia project that debuted at CPH:DOX, Cohen pushed the boundaries of documentary form to capture shared human experiences during the pandemic. Her recent work includes NEGRURA (2022), an experimental exploration of Afro-Latinx identity, and MORE THAN MAS' (2022), chronicling Boston's Caribbean Carnival.
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Since moving to the U.S. in 2010, Cohen has worked as director, producer, cinematographer, editor, and occasionally sound mixer and composer. Her New York experience includes film distribution with dGenerate Films and production roles with Cine Institute, Crowing Roosters, Stick Figures, and Big Fish Entertainment. In Boston, where she lives with her 2 kids and her husband, she directed BOSTON'S LATIN QUARTER (2018), examining the preservation of cultural enclaves in rapidly changing cities.
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Cohen has taught Documentary Filmmaking and Video Production at UMass Boston and Boston University, mentoring the next generation of storytellers committed to centering culture and art in conversations about social change.
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She is currently directing LAURA'S HOLLAND, an intimate documentary following Spanish flamenco dancer Laura as she navigates motherhood, caregiving, and artistic survival after her daughter Sol suffered a severe brain injury at birth. The film explores the profound beauty and impossible contradictions of motherhood—a personal act of resistance amplifying the struggles of caregivers demanding a world where caregiving is valued.
RENATO MILONE
Renato Milone is a talented and experienced Composer / Drummer / Producer / Sound engineer / instructor and the co-founder and co-owner of The BOOM House.
Renato started his music career in Italy at Universitá di Roma teaching “Drum set Principals”, “Introduction to Studio Recording “, “Songwriting”, and “Sound Engineering”. As an independent drummer he worked with the top notches musicians in the Italian and American Jazz and Pop scene.
He moved to the United States in 2008 where he received a scholarship and recognition as “Best Producer at Berklee College of Music. He collaborated in the production of CDs released by Compass Production for “Target” with Adi Yeshaya and Michale Becker (Arrangers for Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston) and produced various new artists from different parts of the world like Silvina Moreno and Uku Suviste. He co-produced and was sound engineer for Whitney Houston's new “Nothing But Love 2010 World Tour”.
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In the present, Renato teaches Contemporary Writing and Production full time at Berklee College of Music and keeps working as an independent composer, producer and drummer.
“I have been producing and composing since the age of 7 when my dad bought me a Phillips double tape recorder on which I was messing around trying to over-dub my voice. Here I am now with the same drive and passion for music…” - Renato
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