Spark Media
Spark Media is an American independent multi-media and documentary production house based in Washington, D.C., United States.
History
Established in 1989 by director and producer Andrea Kalin, the company specializes in creating socially conscious media used to raise public awareness in America and throughout the world.[1][2] The company has produced over a dozen films, including three[3] feature-length documentaries Partners of the Heart, Prince Among Slaves,[4] and The Pact, which all aired on either PBS or American Public Television.
Partners of the Heart, narrated by Morgan Freeman, aired on PBS’s American Experience in February 2003 and was rebroadcast in March 2005. Partners went on to win the Erik Barnouw Award for Best History Documentary in 2004 [5] and was later turned into the Golden Globe-nominated,[6] HBO film Something The Lord Made starring Mos Def, who also narrated Prince Among Slaves.
Spark Media films have won numerous awards, among them Emmys, CINE Golden Eagles, Golden Globes, Gracies, and numerous other awards.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Current projects
Spark Media is producing an adaptation of Rita Dove's Sonata Mulattica, about George Bridgetower, a black musician and friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. The film, also entitled 'Sonata Mulattica,' will detail Bridgetower's life and relationship with Beethoven, and contrast that story to a contemporary young black musician Joshua Coyne.[14][15][16]
Films
- Red Lines
- No Evidence of Disease
- Worlds of Sounds: Ballard of Folkways
- Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
- The Pact
- Prince Among Slaves
- Partners of the Heart
- Talking Through Walls
- Allah Made Me Funny
- Asia’s Water Crisis: The Struggle Within Each Drop
- Battered Lives, Broken Trust: When Men Abuse Women
- Too Brief a Child: Voices of Married Adolescents
- Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Investing in Early Childhood
- Bridges: Southeast Asians’ American Journey
- Wired for Change: Information Technology for Development in the Americas
- A Voice of Her Own: Women and Economic Change in Asia
- From Rage to Recovery: Society’s Search for Peace
- World Bank HUNGER Public Service Announcement
References
- ↑ "Andrea Kalin". Jwi.org. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "DOME: Almost a Miracle". Hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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- ↑ "Freedom Doc: Andrea Kalin gives an enslaved prince’s story a new lease on life. - Washington City Paper". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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- ↑ "Something the Lord Made (2004 TV Movie) : Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "American Experience - Partners of the Heart - Today". Pbs.org. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Federal Writers' Project doc takes top honors at Peer Awards (video) - @TBD Arts". TBD. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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- ↑ "The 36th Annual TELLY Awards - Winners". Tellyawards.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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- ↑ "Top Teens 2011". Bethesdamagazine.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.