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'{{POV|date=December 2010}} {{Advert|date=December 2010}} {{Infobox writer | name = Andrea Kalin | bodystyle = width:20em; | image = Andrea_Kalin.jpg|thumb|px110| | imagesize = 110 | caption = | pseudonym = | birthplace = [[Boston, MA]]<br>United States | deathdate = | deathplace = | occupation = Filmmaker<br> | nationality = American | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | influences = | influenced = | signature = | spouse = | website = }} == Documentary filmmaker == Born in Boston, '''Andrea Kalin''' is an independent filmmaker (writer, producer and director).<ref name=r1>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219301/ Andrea Kalin], IMDB.com</ref> She is also the principal and founder of [[Spark Media]], Inc. and founder and Executive Director of Stone Soup Productions, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit foundation<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/today/t_filmmakers.html American Experience | Partners of the Heart | Today]. Pbs.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/1322/pid/1322]</ref><ref>http://stonetosoup.org/contact.html</ref> She began her documentary film making career as a newsreel researcher for [[Ken Burns]] on his film "[[The Congress (film)]]".<ref name="imdb.com">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272052/fullcredits#cast Full cast and crew for The Congress (1988)], IMDB.com</ref><ref>[http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/congress/ The Congress]. PBS. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> Kalin's films focus on social issues, such as women's health issues, race relations, bridging cultures and religions, and religious pluralism.<ref name=r1/><ref name="imdb.com"/><ref name="Andrea Kalin">[http://www.jwi.org/Page.aspx?pid=484 Andrea Kalin]. Jwi.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.sparkmedia.org Spark Media]</ref> Kalin's stated mission—and the mission of her company—Spark Media—is to "spark" change by raising awareness through her films.<ref name="Andrea Kalin"/><ref>http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/1322/pid/1322</ref> According to Kalin, an integral component of her filmmaking is to combine story telling with outreach programs so that the film will "grow legs".<ref name="autogenerated3">[http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ppo/programming/soulpeople/soulssn.cfm "Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project" Online Site Support Notebook]. ALA (2009-02-04). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref name="autogenerated4">[http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/ppo/programming/soulpeople/index.cfm "Soul of a People: Voices for the Writer's Project"]. ALA (2008-03-21). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://tarc.aecf.org/initiatives/mc/communications/mcmoi/poth_over.htm Making Connections Media Outreach Initiative]. Tarc.aecf.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> Some of these outreach programs have been supported by non-profits such as the [[Annie E. Casey Foundation]].<ref name="tarc.aecf.org">http://tarc.aecf.org/initiatives/mc/communications/mcmoi/poth_over.htm</ref> Others have been supported by the National Endowment of the Humanties ("[[NEH]]"), such as an outreach program to screen "Soul of a People: Writng America's Story" nationwide that she and her company [[Spark Media]] developed together with the [[American Library Association]] ("ALA").<ref name="autogenerated3"/><ref name="autogenerated4"/><ref>[http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SGL_Soul_of_a_People.html Small Grants to Libraries program]. Neh.gov. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> Kalin’s films – and films she worked on – have garnered more than 60 major industry awards and nominations<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/185/pid/185 Welcome]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> including prime time Emmys,<ref name="wikipedia1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_the_Lord_Made Something the Lord Made – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> a [[Gracie Allen]] Award,<ref>[http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Gracie_Allen_Award%7Cact:wikisearch%7C%7Cnum:100%7C Gracie Allen Award : Who, What, Where, When]. Servinghistory.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> CINE Golden Eagles, EdPress Awards of Distinction, [[The Chris Awards]],<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.chrisawards.org/pages/festivals/1997festival/97bronze.html ]{{dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref> a Paul Robeson award,<ref name="newarkmuseum1">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 Organization of American Historians "(OAH)" [[Erik Barnouw Award]] for best documentary concerning a topic of American History,<ref>[http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/barnouw/winners.html OAH Erik Barnouw Award Winners]. Oah.org.</ref> Black Maria Film Festival Jury Awards<ref>[http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/Awards.html Awards – 2010]. Blackmariafilmfestival.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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/ The Internet Movie Database]. IMDb (2009-05-01). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref name="wga.org">[http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3888 2010 WGA Awards TV Nominees Announced]. Wga.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> [[Image:Andrea kalin John Rhode.jpg|thumb|left|image on left|Director, Andrea Kalin & Director of Photography, John Rhode, Partners of Heart]] <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 DOME: Almost a Miracle]. Hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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, and [[Vivien Thomas]], a black lab technician. At the height of segregation, Blalock and Thomas pioneered a heart surgery that saved the lives of thousands of children, called blue babies. Invented by the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig, team at Johns Hopkins, the ([[Blalock-Taussig shunt]]) was the first surgical procedure of a congenital heart defect called [[Blue Baby Syndrome]] or [[Tetralogy of Fallot]]. Some members of the medical profession are now referring to the procedure as the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetralogy_of_Fallot</ref><ref>http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/tetralogy_of_fallot.htm</ref> The invention of the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt and its first use on a 15th month old baby named Eileen Saxon on November 29, 1944 began modern heart surgery. An African-American laboratory technician with no more than a high school education, Thomas, working under and with Blalock, replicated the heat defect on laboratory dogs and then experimented on dogs to develop the Blalock Thomas-Taussig shunt procedure to correct the defect. Thomas and Blalock together went on to train the first generation of heart surgeons, including [[Denton Cooley]].<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivien_Thomas Vivien Thomas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> The documentary was funded in large part by the National Endowment of the Humanities [[NEH]], the Corporation of Pubic Broadcasting [[CPB]] and [[WGBH]]'s American Experience.<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/ American Experience | Partners of the Heart]. Pbs.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> and was screened at a number of film festivals.<ref>[http://www.neh.gov/projects/medialog/us.html Media Log-U.S. History and American Studies]. Neh.gov (1947-04-15). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/today/t_views.html American Experience | Partners of the Heart | Today]. Pbs.org (1944-11-29). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.rmwfilmfest.org/films/partners-heart?quicktabs_1=2 Partners Of The Heart | Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival]. Rmwfilmfest.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> and aired on [[WGBH]]'s [[American Experience]] in February 2003<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/american-experience-partners-of-the-heart American Experience: Partners of the Heart: Information from]. Answers.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 Idaho Public Television Schedules]. Idahoptv.org.</ref> Other supporters of the film included the Tennesse Humanities Council the Maryland Humanities Council. Narrated by [[Morgan Freeman]] <ref>[http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2003-01/partners.html Partners of the Heart]</ref> ''''Partners of the Heart'''' went on to win the Organization of American Historians (OAH) [[Erik Barnouw Award]] for Best History Documentary in 2004,<ref>[http://www.oah.org/activities/awards/barnouw/winners.html OAH Erik Barnouw Award Winners]. Oah.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> a Gold Special Jury Award from WorldFest Houston, an Ohio Indie nomination for Best Documentary Feature<ref>http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/oiff-News/message/88</ref> as well as a Gold TIVA-DC Peer award in the Documentary "Classic" Category in 2010.<ref name="tivadc1">[http://www.tivadc.org/index.php?/Peer-Awards/peer-awards-winners-2010.html 2010 Peer Awards Winners Announced | Peer Awards]. Tivadc.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> <br /> <br /> Partners of the Heart also received many positive critic reviews including a 2002 review by Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times entitled "Tale of an Unknown Hero". Thomas wrote: <br /> :::::"Andrea Kalin's "Partners of the Heart," which premieres tonight at 6:30 at the [[Simon Wiesenthal]] [[Museum of Tolerance]] in :::::L.A., explores an extraordinary professional relationship between cardiac surgical pioneers Albert Blalock and Vivien Thomas :::::that cuts to the paradoxes, absurdities, cruelties and injustices of segregated America....At the same time, Kalin's film :::::celebrates the resilience of the human spirit in a profoundly moving fashion, and shows what a resolute individual can accomplish within :::::rigid social constraints."The result is an eloquent, well-researched work narrated by Morgan Freeman. It features many notable :::::interviewees and a smooth blending of archival materials with understated, re-created sequences....:::::<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/09/news/wk-screen9</ref> Although the film received numerous positive reviews, not every critic was positive.<ref>http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/3738/<br /><br /> </ref> Andrea Kalin used the film to catalyze an outreach campaign. One of the outreach program initiatives was educational discussion groups for middle school and high school students.<ref name="tarc.aecf.org"/> In Spring 2002, The [[Annie E. Casey Foundation]] sponsored a gathering of over two hundred science minded students from Baltimore to the campus of Johns Hopkins Medical Center to hear Dr. Levi Watkins, a legendary African American surgeon. Dr. Levi Watkins challenged the young teens with the "Partners of the Heart" story of Vivian Thomas and Alfred Blalock and Watkins own personal journey as a heart surgeon and civil rights activist.<ref name="tarc.aecf.org"/> Other out reach initiatives included health fairs, nationwide community screenings, including a screening at the Library of Congress sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus, and the establishment of a scholarship. A major underwriter of the forgoing initiatives was [[GlaxoSmithKline]]. [[GlaxoSmithKline]] also established the "Healthy Communities Program" which was an extension of the Partners of the Heart out reach program.<ref>http://www.cbcfinc.org/2003-archive/284-cbcf-and-glaxosmithkline-unveil-new-scholarship-program-to-increase-minority-presence-in-the-sciences.html</ref><ref>http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?Arch=&articleid=14192&sectionid=14</ref> <br /> <br /> Along with the McCabe's Washingtonian article, "Something The Lord Made", Kalin's film '''''''Partners of the Heart''''''' inspired the making of the HBO feature film ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]"''.<ref>[http://www.alanrickmanhirek.hu/alfredreviews.htm Los Angeles Times Article May 28, 2004]</ref> ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]"'' was the feature film version of the '''''''Partners of the Heart''''''' story.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/films/stlm/cast/andrea_kalin.html Movies: Home]. HBO. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> Andrea Kalin was the film's Executive Consultant for the ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]''" film.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/something-the-lord-made Something the Lord Made: Information from]. Answers.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]"'' was produced by Robert Cort, directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell, and stared [[Mos Def]] and [[Alan Rickman]]. ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]"'' was nominated for nine Emmy Awards (including acting nominations for both principals) and won three, for Best Made for Television Movie, Best Cinematography (Don Morgan) and Best Picture Editing (Michael Brown). It also received two Golden Globe nominations, Black Reel Awards for Best Film and Best Supporting Actor (Clayton LeBouef, in the role of Thomas' activist brother Harold), an NAACP Image Award, a Director's Guild of America Award for director Joseph Sargent, and a Writer's Guild of America Award for scriptwriters Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell. The American Film Institute, which named ''"[[Something the Lord Made]]''" "Best Television Movie of the Year for 2004", called it "a revelation...a bittersweet story [that] is an important tool for America as it continues to search for a public vocabulary to discuss issues of race."<ref name="wikipedia1"/><ref>http://en.wikivisual.com/index.php/Something_The_Lord_Made</ref> [[Image:Andrea kalin 10 jewish women to watch.jpg|thumb|260px|]] <br /> In the Fall 2002 issue, Andrea Kalin was featured in an article, along with nine other women, in the magazine ''Jewish Women International'' as one of "10 Women to Watch". Her picture appeared on the cover of that issue.<ref>[http://jw.tmghosting.com/articles/04Fall02/p18c.asp Jewish Woman magazine]. Jw.tmghosting.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> In 2006, Kalin went on to direct and produce "'''''[[The Pact (2006 documentary)]]'''''",<ref name=r1/><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pact_(2006_documentary) The Pact (2006 documentary) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 The Three Doctors, Inc. (Our Books)]. Threedoctors.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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]</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 ::]. Thepactthemovie.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 Bifilmfestival.com™]. Bifilmfestival.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 The Pact (2006) Awards]. Moviefone (2006-03-27). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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]. Aptonline.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> In 2007, Kalin produced, co-direced and co-wrote [[Prince Among Slaves (film)|'''''''Prince Among Slaves''''''']],<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0852992/fullcredits#cast IMDB Database</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulrahman_Ibrahim_Ibn_Sori Wikipedia</ref><ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0195042239 Amazon.com: Prince among Slaves (Oxford Paperback Reference): Terry Alford: Books]</ref> ''Prince'' won numerous awards including the American Black Film Festival's Best Documentary award in 2007.<ref>http://emergingminds.org/2007-American-Black-Film-Festival-Winners.html</ref> <ref>http://www.thefilmlife.com/press/07_releases/release102807.html</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] {{Dead link|date=December 2010}}</ref> the 2008 intermedia-globe GRAND AWARD for documentaries<ref>[http://archive.worldmediafestival.org/2008/eng/festival_information_2008_winners.htm Winners | WorldMediaFestival 2008]. Archive.worldmediafestival.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> and the Paul Robeson Award for documentaries. .<ref name="newarkmuseum1"/> "'''''Prince Among Slaves'''''" premiered on PBS on February 4, 2008.<ref>[http://www.i-newswire.com/pr146532.html Award-winning Documentary, Prince Among Slaves, to Kick-Off Black History Month on PBS Film will Premiere Nationally on Majority of Public Television Stations February 4, 2008 at 10:00 PM]. I-newswire.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> 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 UNAFF 2005 : Films : Too Brief a Child]. Unaff.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.]</ref> '''''''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 name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/videos/SA_documentaries.html South Asia Documentaries at the Van Pelt Library]. Library.upenn.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> "'''''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]</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 Welcome]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 chronicles 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 The Chinese University of Hong Kong /All Locations]. Library.cuhk.edu.hk (2006-11-21). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 US International Film & Video Festival]. Filmfestawards.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.cine.org/archives/winner-archives/pdfs/1998-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf Amateur/Pre-Professional]. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 UPF :: Talking Through Walls]. Upf.tv (2010-10-21). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6-xcetTLg0 Talking Through Walls]. YouTube (2008-05-16). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 Talking through Walls: How the Struggle to Build a Mosque United a Community Religious Documentary]. Whickersworld.com (2010-11-19). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/display/ProductDetails/sku/009/pid/1326 Store]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> 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]</ref> titled "'''''Soul of a People: Writing America's Story'''''", which includes interviews with notable project alumni [[Studs Terkel]], [[Stetson Kennedy]], [[Richard Ford]], as well as American historians [[Douglas Brinkley]] and [[David Bradley]].<ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/09/01/smithsonian-channel-announces-soul-of-a-people/25924 Smithsonian Channel announces Soul of a People]. Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref name="autogenerated5">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560982/fullcredits#cast Full cast and crew for Soul of a People: Writing America's Story (2009) (TV)], IMDB.com</ref> The documentary is narrated by [[Patricia Clarkson]].<ref name="autogenerated5"/> "'''''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 Welcome]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 WPA Writers' Project Subject of Discussion, Screening – The Library Today (Library of Congress)]. Loc.gov (2009-04-13). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230011713/http://www.loc.gov/memory/ American Memory from the Library of Congress – Home Page]. Loc.gov. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_pilot.html Library of Congress Photos on Flickr (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)]. Loc.gov. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> The film centers on the struggle between conflicting visions of America.<ref>[http://www.smithsonianconference.org/expert/exhibit-hall/smithsonian-channel/ The Smithsonian Channel « Problem Solving with Smithsonian Experts]. Smithsonianconference.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/ContentDetails/i/4523/TPL/Vault/pid/4521# Soul of a People | Worlds of Sound]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 ALA, NEH bring "Soul of a People" grants to libraries]. ALA (2008-04-01). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 The Reynolds Center – Calendar]. Americanart.si.edu (2009-12-09). Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 name="tivadc1"/> 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.folkways.si.edu/newsletter/2009_october_sf_newsletter.html</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 name="tivadc1"/> 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 Smithsonian Folkways – Worlds of Sound: The Ballad of Folkways]. Folkways.si.edu. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> 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 name="tivadc1"/> 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 for NFL players 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 name="tivadc1"/> Kalin also was an honored awardee in November 2010 of the Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation of Greater Washington ("TOWF"). TOWF is a non profit foundation dedicated to creating social change for women and girls through grants.<ref>[http://www.shalomdc.org/page.aspx?ID=128070 Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation]. Shalomdc.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> 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 across the US as well as in markets overseas.<ref>[http://www.allahmademefunny.com/ The Movie – In Theaters October 2008 :: Starring Preacher Moss, Azhar Usman and Mohammed Amer]. Allah Made Me Funny. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QWeNH-BHdM Allah Made Me Funny Preview]. YouTube. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref>....Michael Ordona of the Los Angles Times observed: [The Allah Made Me Funny film] "has the potential to be culturally bridging in its way, and that makes looking for Muslim comedy in the Western world worthwhile.<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7710245 Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert Theatrical Release Movie Waiting To Be Released On DVD Movie]. Cduniverse.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> In 2010, Andrea Kalin began development on a number of documentary films, 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 Dancing with N.E.D. Trailer on Vimeo]. Vimeo.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 best known for his inflitration of the KKK as detailed in his booki "''I rode with the Klu Klux Klan''".<ref>[http://www.sparkmedia.org/ht/d/sp/i/5497/pid/5497 La Lucha]. Spark Media. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson_Kennedy Stetson Kennedy – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]. En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> 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 US International Film & Video Festival]. Filmfestawards.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref><ref>[http://www.adb.org/publications/product.asp?doc=115 Asia's Water Crisis: The Struggle Within Each Drop]. ADB.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> the International Development Bank (IADB),<ref>http://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=1028634</ref> UNICEF, UNFPA,<ref>[http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/sources.htm UNFPA State of World Population 2004]. Unfpa.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> Refugees International, PCRM<ref>[http://www.pcrm.org/about/index.html >> Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine >> About]. PCRM. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</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 World Hunger PSA on Vimeo]. Vimeo.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> the Urban Institute, Southeast Asian Refugees Association, and the NFPLA.<ref name="tivadc1"/> Andrea Kalin is a member of the Writers Guild of America East (WGA).<ref>[http://www.wgaeast.org/index.php?id=42 Writers Guild of America East: Our People]. Wgaeast.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-12.</ref> ==Inter-American Development Bank IADB== For a number of years, Andrea Kalin and her company Spark Media have been providing media, interactive and broadcast reporting services to the Inter-American Development Bank, a development bank.<ref>http://www.iadb.org/am/2007/contactus.cfm</ref> For a number of years, Andrea Kalin established and operated a news bureau in the member bank country that was hosting the bank's annual meeting in order to provide live coverage of the meeting.<ref>http://www.iadb.org/am/2007/contactus.cfm</ref> ==Early Years (Select)== After graduating Cum Laude from American University, Andrea Kalin became a radio news reporter based in Jerusalem. She was a stringer for [[AP]] correspondent Mark Lavie, who at the time was a radio correspondent for a number of international broadcasting networks including [[CBS]], [[Mutual]], [[NPR]] Australian Broadcasting Association. She returned to the US and began a television news career as an assistant director and chyron operator for WTTG (Channel 5) Metromedia in Washington DC. She also worked on the national and local desk as an assistant assignment editor for WTTG and associate producer and satellite coordinator. In 1988, Kalin became an anchor and producer of the program "On the Hill", a weekly current events television program on Congress, which was funded and broadcasted by the Northern Virgina public television station [[WNVC]]. At the same, Kalin also covered Capitol Hill as a news correspondent for Connecticut and Nebraska public television under the auspices of WNVC, which was acting as a Washington Bureau for various local and international broadcasters. ==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'' * ''Vital Allies: Making Motherhood Save'' * ''A Place at the Table'' * ''Justice, Justice You Shall Pursue'' * ''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 '' * ''Hospice: A Testimony to Life'' * ''Kitchen Fun for Kids'' * ''The Real Scoop About Diet and Exercise'' * ''School-to-Work, Connecting Youth to the Future'' * ''Worlds of Sound: The Ballad Of Folkways'' * ''The Wonder of Israel'' * ''Land Use Analysis'' * ''Urban Institute'' * ''Art of Compassion'' * ''Kuna Rape'' * ''Youth and Development'' * ''Game On: Protecting Your Financial Future" * ''Opening Doors to Compassion'' * ''Dancing with N.E.D'' (Trailer – In Development) * ''La Lucha'' (In Development) * ''Sonata Mulattica'' (In Development) * ''Smoke and Mirrors'' (In Development) * ''The Low Cholesterol Gourment" (Television-30 Episodes) ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |NAME= Kalin, Andrea |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= |DATE OF BIRTH= |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Boston, MA]] United States |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Boston, MA]] United States }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalin, Andrea}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Boston, Massachusetts]] [[Category:American University alumni]]'