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The Power of the Poor
PBS
The first of two thought provoking one-hour documentaries about developing world economics, hosted by Nobel-nominated Peruvian economist, Hernando de Soto. Filming took place in 10 countries on five continents and looks at how streamlined, accessible property rights and business law could greatly improve the lives of the world’s hardest working entrepreneurs. 2:10
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The Secret World of Air Freight
Discovery Channel
We flew 65,000 miles for this one-hour documentary, mostly in the cockpits and bellies of giant air freighters across North America, Europe, and Asia. We followed cargos ranging from 55 thoroughbred horses from Lexington KY to Hokkaido, Japan, 3 plane-loads of CART racing cars and equipment from Indianapolis to Australia and millions of bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau from southern France across the globe in this all-out pantheon to the speed of our world economy. 1:17
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Living on the Wedge
Wisconsin Public Television
A fun, upbeat road trip through Wisconsin’s artisanal cheese regions. We hear the artisans’ personal stories and see them apply their particular methods to milk and rennet. The result wins awards on a world stage and dispels the misperception that Wisconsin only produces bulk “yellow cheese.” Nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Television Documentary. 1:16
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Powered by Nature
Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago
Watch excerpts from the touchscreen interactive that is part of Kohl’s “Powered
by Nature” Exhibit. This interactive game allows children 3-6 years old to safely use simple tools, such as magnifying glasses and mirrors, to harness the Sun’s energy. Seven virtual experiments were designed to prompt children to assess problems, set parameters and predict the outcomes. Pee-wee scientists take to the technology like ducklings to water! 1:24
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Lunch Room
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
ILHMEC's Miller Family Youth Exhibit helps students 8-13 learn skills to stand up to bullying and explores the larger issues of inclusion and exclusion.
One area of the exhibit takes the form of a lunchroom, the place where kids often get the message whether they are “in” or “out” of the social scene. Our job was to help explain a three dimensional puzzle to visitors when docents aren’t available to help. We used a “lunch tray cam” to give an intimate point of view. 1:38
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Out in Chicago
Chicago History Museum
We crafted 55 minutes of video for the exhibit. Each exhibit area opens with a nearly life-sized, vertical video portrait of a greeter from Chicago’s LGBT community.
Our crowning achievement is a 22-minute strand made up of 12 mini-documentaries about how LGBT people construct home and family. The video is “sticky.” People tend to settle in to watch the whole loop. Often, there are tears as these personal stories unfold.
Each video is carefully distilled from a
90-minute interview that will become part of the Studs Terkel Oral History Archive at the Chicago History Museum. 1:20
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The Chicago Catholic School Experience
Chicago History Museum
One of several videos we produced for the CHM’s Catholic Chicago exhibit, this film nicknamed “Plaid” intercuts first-person reminiscences with a flashy runway show of Catholic School uniforms modeled by students representing the vast diversity of Chicago’s Catholics. The whole project, including four videos, took seven weeks from start to delivery. 1:12 |
!Que Artrópodos Hay En Mi Hogar!
Zoológico de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Five lively and energetic videos make up the set produced for the new insect and butterfly houses at the Zoo in Mayagüez PR. All in Puerto Rican Spanish, and aimed at the elementary school audience, the stars are the insects indigenous to Puerto Rico. Visitors must step across a floor wriggling with rear-projection centipedes and spiders to enter the exhibit. Kids revel in the creepy-crawlingness of it all. :56 |
What Caused the Great Depression?
Izzit.org
Aimed at senior high school classes, and hosted by a teen spokesperson, this short video, tells of the importance of money supply to economic health. The film deftly breaks down the crisis in a manner that youth can relate to personally. Filmed on location at the NYSE and the Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington DC. 1:20
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Spatulatta
Our multiple award-winning website, Spatulatta.com, now in its 7th year, has over 350 step-by-step recipe videos. It’s the website where kids teach kids—and the parents who love them—to cook. Spatulatta brings families together through the joy of cooking. It helps turn chaotic mealtimes into quality family time and gives kids the tools they need to make a lifetime of good food choices. The Spatulatta Cookbook, published with Scholastic, has sold over 70,000 copies. |
Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
The quiet, progressive mayor of Evanston IL, Elizabeth Tisdahl, needed a place to aggregate her accomplishments and where her constituents could contact her directly. The website has been very successful in connecting the voters with the executive office.
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Make A Difference – Miller Family Youth Exhibit
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Providing a segue between the somber halls of the Holocaust Museum and its bright and colorful children’s exhibit, this video was designed to introduce parents and kids to the motivational theme of the exhibit. Graphically, it sets out the places where we can all have influence: school, neighborhood and community. It then asks visitors to exercise “the power of one.” :45
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