Author: ken.chowder

[blockquote cite=”Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York; Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice“]Best Documentary of the year.[/blockquote] This seven-part series chronicles the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on South Africa’s entrenched apartheid regime and its international supporters who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold War.[blockquote cite=”Anderson Tepper, Vanity Fair”]A STAGGERING, PANORAMIC FILM-HISTORY of… Continue reading Have You Heard From Johannesburg

A two-hour film about a war that should never have happened – yet almost broke the United States apart. For WNED and WETA (Florentine Films/Hott Productions). Scripting and Production funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. For two and a half years, Americans fought Against the British, Canadian colonists, and native nations. In the… Continue reading The War of 1812

Through Deaf Eyes, a two-hour documentary about the history of deaf people in America, was written for WETA and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, and funded by the Public Broadcasting System, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The film has been broadcast nationally on PBS. PBS writes: Through Deaf Eyes is… Continue reading Through Deaf Eyes

Beyond Hubble, a one-hour documentary for National Geographic, explores the bizarre world of outer space revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Co-written by Dana Berry.

John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature, a one-hour documentary about the painter and American icon for the PBS series American Masters (WNET) and Florentine Films/Hott Productions. Production supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. National PBS Broadcast.