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'<big>== Documentary Films -- Spark Media -- Awards ==</big> <br /> <br /> Born in Boston, Andrea Kalin is an award winning documentary filmmaker (writer, producer and director)<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219301/</ref> and principal and founder of Spark Media, Inc. and Stone Soup Productions, Inc.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/today/t_filmmakers.html</ref><ref>http://sparkmedia.org</ref> She began her documentary career as a newsreel researcher for [[Ken Burns]]' film "Congress".<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272052/fullcredits#cast</ref> Kalin uses her films to raise awareness of issues and, when combined with outreach, to facilitate social change<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219301/</ref> Kalin’s films -- and films she consulted on -- have garnered more than 60 major industry awards and nominations<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/185/pid/185 Spark Media<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including a prime time Emmy,<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_the_Lord_Made</ref>[[Gracie Allen]] Award,<ref>http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Gracie_Allen_Award%7Cact:wikisearch%7C%7Cnum:100%7C</ref> CINE Golden Eagles, EdPress Awards of Distinction, [[The Chris Awards]],<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.chrisawards.org/pages/festivals/1997festival/97bronze.html The Chris Awards - The Columbus Film and Video Festival<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a Paul Robeson award,<ref>http://www.newarkmuseum.org/uploadedFiles/PDFs/Press_Office/2008/july_22,_2008_-_paul_robeson_awards.pdf</ref> a Gold UNESCO medal at the NY Festivals, the 2004 Erik Barnouw award from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for best documentary concerning a topic of American History, Film Festival Jury Awards<ref>http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/Awards.html</ref> and a nomination from the Writers Guild of America for outstanding achievement in television (documentary non current events). among others.”<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>http://IMDB.org</ref><ref name="wga.org">http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3888</ref> <br /> <gallery> [http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3974131777_a567c7383b.jpg&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/43118450%40N05/3974131777/&usg=__8DTWHvEvyOlhV0ElfAjnRUJAHVE=&h=500&w=375&sz=92&hl=en&start=68&sig2=7TRpT_MXpo-BMwfhASvNoA&zoom=0&tbnid=RTuwUFQkY5vDxM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=85&ei=kL3wTObmDcGB8gbH9P2wCg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dandrea%2Bkalin%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1R2RNWE_enSG330%26biw%3D1223%26bih%3D519%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=630&oei=L73wTK6tDIT68AaRqrGyCg&esq=7&page=4&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:68&tx=52&ty=72] </gallery> <br /> Her début feature-length documentary film '''''''Partners of the Heart''''''' was inspired by Katie McCabe's [[Washingtonian]] article "Like Something the Lord Made".<ref>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0301/close_up.cfm</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/5649.html Washingtonian]</ref> "'''''Partners of the Heart'''''" is the story of the 34-year partnership between Dr. [[Alfred Blalock]], a white surgeon with uncommon vision, and [[Vivien Thomas]], a black lab technician with the hands of a craftsman. At the height of segregation, Blalock and Thomas pioneered a heart surgery that saved the lives of thousands of children, called blue babies. With no more than a high school education, Thomas went on to train a generation of heart surgeons.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Thomas</ref> The documentary was funded in large part by the National Endowment of the Humanities [[NEH]], the Corporation of Pubic Broadcasting [[CPB]] and [[WGBH]],<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/</ref> and was screened at a number of film festivals.<ref>http://www.neh.gov/projects/medialog/us.html</ref><ref>http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/today/t_views.html</ref><ref><http://www.rmwfilmfest.org/films/partners-heart?quicktabs_1=2</ref> and aired on [[WGBH]]'s [[American Experience]] in February 2003<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/american-experience-partners-of-the-heart</ref>and was rebroadcast in March 2005.<ref>http://idahoptv.org/schedules/listingDetails.cfm?TZ=PT&SeriesID=10290&thisChannel=KUID&VersionID=132351&ThisDate=3-14-2005&thisTime=21:32:00</ref> Narrated by [[Morgan Freeman]] <ref>[http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2003-01/partners.html Partners of the Heart<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''''Partners of the Heart'''' went on to win the Erik Barnouw Award for Best History Documentary in 2004.<ref>[http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/barnouw/winners.html OAH Erik Barnouw Award Winners<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Partners of the Heart also won a Gold TIVA-DC Peer award in the Documentary "Classic" Category.<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> Andrea Kalin was a consultant and advisor to the HBO feature film ''"Something the Lord Made"'', staring [[Mos Def]] and [[Alan Rickman]],<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/something-the-lord-made</ref> which was the feature film version of the '''''''Partners of the Heart''''''' story.<ref>http://www.hbo.com/films/stlm/cast/andrea_kalin.html</ref> '''''''Something the Lord Made''''''' went on to win a prime time Emmy in 2004.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_the_Lord_Made</ref> <br /> <br /> In the Fall 2002 issue, Andrea Kalin was featured in an article in the magazine ''Jewish Women International'' as one of "10 Jewish Women to Watch". Her picture appeared on the cover of that issue<ref>[http://jw.tmghosting.com/articles/04Fall02/p18c.asp]</ref> <br /> <br /> In 2006, Kalin went on to direct and produce "'''''[[The Pact (2006 documentary)]]'''''"<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pact_(2006_documentary)</ref><ref>"http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219301/</ref><ref>http://www.hawes.com/2002/2002-07-14.pdf</ref>, a feature-length documentary based on a New York Times bestseller book.<ref>http://www.threedoctors.com/ourbooks.php</ref>''The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream''.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/157322216X Amazon.com: The Pact: George Jenkins, Sampson Davis, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page: Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film chronicles the true life story of [[The Three Doctors (motivational speakers)|Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis, and George Jenkins]], who made a pact in their inner-city high school in [[Newark, New Jersey]], to find a way to go to college and then medical school.<ref>[http://thepactthemovie.com The PACT - The Movie - The Pact DVD - The Pact Documentary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> '''''''The Pact''''''' won the following awards and nomination: Indie Spec Best Documentary Award at the Boston International Film Festival,<ref>http://www.bifilmfestival.com/biffpress.html</ref> a 2006 CINE Golden Eagle award;<ref>http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/2006-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf</ref> and a nomination for a 2006 Black Reel Best Independent Documentary<ref>http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-pact/26043/awards</ref>. "'''''[[The Pact (2006 documentary)]]'''''"aired on American Public Television [[APT]] in 2008. ”<ref>[http://www.aptonline.org/aptweb.nsf/vOtherDocs/Press+Release-2008+May+Releases American Public Television: 2008 May Releases<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> In 2007 Kalin produced, co-direced and co-wrote [[Prince Among Slaves (film)|'''''''Prince Among Slaves''''''']],<ref>[http://upf.tv/upf06/Films/PrinceAmongSlaves/Film/Biographies/tabid/253/Default.aspx Unity Productions Foundation > Films > Prince Among Slaves > Film > Biographies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a feature-length documentary based on the biography of the same name about African Muslim-prince-turned-American-[[slave]] [[Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori]] written by [[Northern Virginia Community College]] history professor Terry Alford.<ref>[http://upf.tv/upf06/Films/PrinceAmongSlaves/tabid/77/Default.aspx UPF :: Prince Among Slaves Official Movie Website - Narrated By Mos Def<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195042239 Amazon.com: Prince among Slaves (Oxford Paperback Reference): Terry Alford: Books<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ''Prince'' won numerous awards including the American Black Film Festival's Best Documentary award in 2007.<ref>[http://www.upf.tv/upf06/Films/PrinceAmongSlaves/tabid/77/Default.aspx UPF :: Prince Among Slaves Official Movie Website - Narrated By Mos Def<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the ITVA DC Peer Award (lighting, sound design, costume design, and music), Cine Golden Eagle, Grand Goldie Award,<ref>http://www.upf.tv/upf06/Documents/Prince/lesson%20plan.pdf</ref>, the 2008 intermedia-globe GRAND AWARD for documentaries<ref>http://archive.worldmediafestival.org/2008/eng/festival_information_2008_winners.htm</ref> and the Paul Robeson Award for documentaries. .<ref>http://www.newarkmuseum.org/uploadedFiles/PDFs/Press_Office/2008/july_22,_2008_-_paul_robeson_awards.pdf</ref>"'''''Prince Among Slaves'''''" premiered on PBS on February 4, 2008.<ref>[http://www.i-newswire.com/pr146532.html. Free Press Release Distribution Center - I-Newswire.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <br /> <br /> Kalin’s other select film credits include: '''''''Too Brief a Child''''''', a film about how eighty-two million girls around the globe will be married annually before they leave adolescence causing them to lose their childhoods. "''''''Too Brief A Child''''''" explores the reasons why girls marry so young and the costs to the girls, their families and their communities including illiteracy, poverty, high infant and mother mortality, HIV/AIDs and loss of personal freedoms. Supported by the UNFPA, "'''''Too Brief A Child'''''" was screened as part of the United Nations Association Film Festival in 2005;<ref>http://www.unaff.org/2005/f_too.html</ref>;<!-- Bot generated title -->] '''''''A Voice of Her Own''''''', is a film that documents the transforming status of women in Asia. Funded by the Asian Development Bank, and shot on location in [[Cambodia]], [[Bangladesh]] and the [[Philippines]], the film looks at the profound changes underway in the region and explores the critical role women are now playing in national economic development. <ref>[http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/videos/SA_documentaries.html South Asia Documentaries at the Van Pelt Library<!-- Bot generated title --></ref><ref name=autogenerated1 /> "'''''A Voice of Her Own'''''" won the Chris Award; "'''''Battered Lives, Broken Trust'''''" is a video program and outreach campaign on domestic violence;<ref>[http://www.iadb.org/sds/soc/publication/publication_173_556_e.htm Battered Lives, Broken Trust: When Men Abuse Women;<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> '''''''Breaking the Poverty Cycle: Investing in Early Childhood Care and Development''''''' is a film about the importance of early childhood development and education on erradicating the inter-generational cycle of poverty;<ref>[http://sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/184/pid/184 Spark Media<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>"'''''Asia’s Water Crisis: The Struggle Within Each Drop'''''" is a film about Asia's severe growing water problems and how the water needs of growing urban Asian populations are competing with industry and agriculture. This short documentary tchronicles how the region's supply, management and distribution of water is dwindling at alarming rates. The film was commissioned by the Asian Development Bank and filmed in Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the People's Republic of China "'''''Asia's Water Crisis'''''" was screened at the 1998 U.S. Environmental Film Festival and <ref>http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/search/c?HD4465.A78+A75+1997</ref> won a Silver Screen award in 1998 at the International Film & Video Festival under the "Environmental Issues and Concerns category as well as a CINE Golden Eagle award in the environment category.<ref>http://www.filmfestawards.com/awards/index.asp?PROCESS=Y&F_ENTRY_YEAR=1998&F_AWARD=SILVER+SCREEN&F_TITLE01=&F_CATEGORY01=&F_KEYWORDS=&F_MATCH_TYPE=OR&submit1=Submit</ref><ref>http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1998-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf</ref> "'''''Talking Through Walls'''''" is a film about how a struggle to build a mosque [in Vorhees New Jersey] united a community.<ref>http://www.upf.tv/films-menu/talking-through-walls.html</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-xcetTLg0</ref> More specifically, it's a story of Zia Rahman, a retired engineer and devout Muslim American who prepared to go before the Zoning Board in his hometown in hopes of creating a mosque in his community. What Rahman didn't expect was the hostility and fierce pushback he received from his neighbors. In a world fraught with religious intolerance, "'''''Talking Through Walls'''''" is the story of how interfaith leaders in South Jersey figured out a way to keep the peace through compromise and tolerance.<ref>http://www.whickersworld.com/talking-through-walls-how-the-struggle-to-build-a-mosque-united-a-community.php</ref><ref>http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/display/ProductDetails/sku/009/pid/1326</ref> <br /> <br /> In 2009, Kalin, directed, co-produced, and co-wrote a [[National Endowment for the Humanities]] and Smithsonian Networks funded documentary about the [[Federal Writers Project]]<ref>[http://www.neh.gov/news/awards/publicmay2006.html Division of Public Programs, May 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> titled "'''''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'''''", which includes interviews with notable project alumni [[Studs Terkel]], [[Stetson Kennedy]], [[Richard Ford]], [[JK Simsons]], and American historians [[Douglas Brinkley]] and [[David Bradley]].<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/01/smithsonian-channel-announces-soul-of-a-people/25924</ref><ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560982/fullcredits#cast</ref> The documentary is narrated by [[Patricia Clarkson]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560982/fullcredits#cast</ref> "'''''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'''''" premiered on [[Smithsonian Networks]] in September 2009 and has been rebroadcast a number of times<ref>[http://sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/236/pid/236 Spark Media<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The documentary includes footage from the Library of Congress & American Folklife Center, photographs revealing personal glimpses of the period and the FWP Writers, excerpts from the Project’s life history interviews, slave narratives, and folk recordings preserved on acetate disk, and interviews with Project alumni.<ref>http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2009/09-074.html</ref><ref>www.loc.gov/memory/</ref><ref>www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot.html</ref> The film centers on the struggle between conflicting visions of America.<ref>http://www.smithsonianconference.org/expert/exhibit-hall/smithsonian-channel/</ref> "'''''Soul of A People: Writing America's Story'''''", which Andrea Kalin co-wrote with David Taylor and Olive Emma Bucklin, was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievement in television (documentary non-current events category) in December 2009.<ref>http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspxname="wga.org"/>\id=3888</ref><ref>http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_soul_people_about.do</ref><ref>[http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/4523/TPL/Vault/pid/4521#]</ref> The American Library Association has been screening the documentary as part of the film's outreach nationwide.<ref>http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2008/march2008/pposoul.cfm</ref> "'''''Soul of A People: Writing America's Story'''''" had a special screening in December 2009 at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art.<ref>http://americanart.si.edu/reynolds_center/event.cfm?key=567&event=4534&date=12/9/2009</ref> In November 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington DC, "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" won the TIVA-DC’s Peer Award for "Best of DC". The film also received a sliver trophy in the documentary category and a gold for screen writing.<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> Kalin also produced and co-directed a documentary on the Smithsonian Folkways record label called '''''Worlds of Sound: The Ballad Of Folkways''''', which premiered on [[Smithsonian Networks]] on October 25, 2009.<ref>http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/show_world_sound.do</ref>. "'''''Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways'''''" won a TIVA-DC Bronze award in the long form Documentary category (30 minutes and over) in November 2010.<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> In addition, "'''''Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways'''''" won the Special Jury Award WorldFest - Houston International Film Festival, the Spring 2010 Cine Golden Eagle award and a Directors Jury Award (3rd) at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival.<ref>http://www.folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/ballad_of_folkways.aspx</ref> <br /> <br /> In addition to winning a TIVA-DC Peer bronze, silver, gold (classic) award and "Best of DC" award for three of her documentaries in the documentary category,<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> Spark Media also won five other TIVA-DC Peer film awards in 2010, including a gold for script writing for "'''''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'''''" (David A. Taylor, Olive Emma Bucklin, Andrea Kalin-Spark Media); a bronze in the Education category for the training film: "Siemens: Export Control & Customs Awareness", produced and directed by James Mirabello/Spark Media); a bronze in the education category for a film on financial responsibility called "Game On: Protecting Your Financial Future" (Andrea Kalin & Walter Gottlieb/Spark Media); a gold in the Audio Post Original Composition category for "'''''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'''''", ([[Joseph Vitarelli]], Wall Matthews- Spark Media); and a silver in the Audio Post Sound Mixing category for "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" (Joe Powers, Clean Cuts/ Spark Media)<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> <br /> <br /> In addition to documentaries, Kalin also produced and directed a comedy concert film featuring three Muslim-American comedians, titled "'''''Allah Made Me Funny'''''", which was theatrically released in seventeen markets.<ref>[http://www.allahmademefunny.com/]</ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWeNH-BHdM</ref> <br /> <br /> In 2010, Andrea Kalin had a number of films in development, including "'''''Dancing with NED'''''", a film about the rock band N.E.D (No Evidence of Disease). "NED" is a group of six GYN surgeons, scattered across the country, who create and perform original music to help raise awareness and research funding for GYN cancers, spread healing through music, and help humanity in general rock out;<ref>http://vimeo.com/13338331</ref> "'''''La Lucha'''''" a film about Montgomery Alabama born Heneritta Boggs and her marriage to the Costa Rican revolutionary and President, [[José Figueres Ferrer]], who abolished Costa Rica's army, created Costa Rica's democracy and gave woman suffrage; A film called "'''''Stetson Kennedy Unmasked'''''" (working title) about [[Stetson Kennedy]], who is a Florida folklorist, a writer on the Fedreal Writer's Project and the author of a number of books including, "''I rode with the Klu Klux Klan''".<ref>http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/5497/pid/5497</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson_Kennedy</ref> <br /> <br /> Andrea Kalin has produced a number of commissioned films for non-profits, NGOs and development banks including the Asian Development Bank (ADB),<ref>http://www.filmfestawards.com/awards/index.asp?PROCESS=Y&F_ENTRY_YEAR=1998&F_AWARD=&F_TITLE01=&F_CATEGORY01=&F_KEYWORDS=&F_MATCH_TYPE=OR</ref><ref>http://www.adb.org/publications/product.asp?doc=115</ref> the International Development Bank (IADB),<ref>www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=1028634</ref> UNICEF, UNFPA,<ref>http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/sources.htm</ref> Refugees International, PCRM<ref>http://www.pcrm.org/about/index.html</ref> CSPI,<ref>http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1995-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf</ref> the World Bank<ref>http://vimeo.com/14998756</ref> and the NFPLA.<ref>http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html</ref> <br /> <br /> Andrea Kalin is a member of the Writers Guild of America East (WGA).<ref>http://www.wgaeast.org/index.php?id=42</ref> ==Filmography (Select)== * ''[http://www.thepactthemovie.com/ The Pact]'' * ''[[Prince Among Slaves Film|Prince Among Slaves]]'' * ''[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/ Partners of the Heart]'' * ''Talking Through Walls'' * ''[http://www.allahmademefunny.com/ 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'' * ''The Soul of a People: Writing America's Story '' * ''Worlds of Sound: The Ballad Of Folkways'' * ''Game On: Protecting Your Financial Future" * ''Opening Doors to Compassion'' * ''Dancing with N.E.D'' (Trailer-- In Development) * ''La Lucha'' (In Development) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |name= Kalin, Andrea |alternative names= |short description= |date of birth= |place of birth= |date of death= |place of death= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalin, Andrea}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]] [[Category:American University alumni]]'