Kensington Communications
Kensington Communications Inc
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| Location |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Founded |
1980 in Kensington Market, by Robert Lang |
| Executive Producer |
Robert Lang |
| Interactive Producer |
Irene van der Top |
| Post-Production Supervisor |
David Meth |
| Production Accountant |
Michele Davis |
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Background
Kensington Communications is a Toronto-based production company that specializes in documentary films and television series. Founded in 1980 by president Robert Lang, Kensington Communications Inc. has produced over 150 productions from documentary series and films to performing arts and children's specials. Since 1998, Kensington has also been involved in multi-platform interactive projects for the web.
Filmography
Current Productions:
- Museum Secrets (History TV, UKTV, Historia)3
- Raw Opium (TVOntario, ZDF / Arte, Canal D, SCN, SBS) 4
Interactive Documentaries:
Documentary Series:
- City Sonic, 20 short films about Toronto's music scene, both past and present. In 2010, City Sonic was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction5.
- Diamond Road, 3-part documentary series produced for TVOntario, History Television, Discovery Times, ZDF, Arte and Special Broadcasting Service Australia.
- 72 Hours: True Crime, 3 seasons from 2005-2007 (CBC/TLC)1.
- Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, 5 seasons from 1997-2003 (Discovery/CTV/TLC).
- The Sacred Balance (CBC/PBS), with environmentalist, David Suzuki and is also accompanied by an interactive media site, Sacred Balance.com.
One-off Documentaries:
- Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits (TVO, ZDF Arte, SBS)
- Return to Nepal with Bruce Cockburn (documentary channel)
- Almost Home: A Sayisi Dene Journey (CBC)
- My Beat: The Life and Times of Bruce Cockburn (CBC)
- River of Sand (TVO/Vision)
- Separate Lives (Discovery/TLC/BBC)
- A Place in the World (Vision/SCN)
- Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky—an examination of 1960s folk music and the Mariposa Folk Festival (CTV)
- One Warm Line—a portrait of the Canadian folk singer, Stan Rogers (CBC)
Children's Variety Programming
- Biggest Little Ticket (CTV/YTV)
References
1 72 Hours: True Crime on CBC
2 Diamond Road on TVO
3 Museum Secrets Official Site
4Raw Opium Official Site
5Gemini Awards Nomination Page
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