InCA Productions

©2001-2008 InCA:
Independent Communications Associates Inc.
38 Miller Avenue, PMB #289, Mill Valley. CA 94941
Tel 415.389.5000 - Fax 415.381.0465 - Email dkennard@inca-productions.com

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24 years of great documentary television

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION

Productions by InCA and its co-founder and president, David Kennard have won numerous awards, including national and international Emmies, the International Science Film Festival Jury Prize, the Peabody and Dupont Columbia awards, and the National Educational Media Network Trophy. From The Ascent of Man to The Hero's Journey, from Cosmos to Connections, and from The Heart of the Dragon to Africa's Children and The Final Hours: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, each project has been a milestone in its field. (Click underlined titles for video clips)

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InCA News: July 2008

Keeping Score: Second Series

First edit of all three shows completed

After the success of the pilot program (Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony) and the first series (Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Eroica”, Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”, and Aaron Copland and the American Sound: SEE BELOW), InCA is collaborating with Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony to create three more films, bringing great musical works to life. The final location shooting for the new series was completed in March 2008. Meanwhile, editing continues on the Berlioz, Ives and Shostakovich films: the "rough cuts" for all three shows have been completed. The new series is planned for completion and national transmission on PBS in 2009. See www.keepingscore.org for more information.

• click here for a short clip from the original pilot program

SECOND SERIES

1) Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
2) Ives: Holidays Symphony
3) Shostakovich: Fifth Symphony

Created in High Definition and Surround Sound, the series features lavish locations in ROME, PARIS, LONDON, SWITZERLAND, ST PETERSBURG, MOSCOW, NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND and SAN FRANCISCO, as well as live performances by the San Francisco Symphony and MTT.

Produced and directed by David Kennard and Joan Saffa

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Also in Production

ReCreating America: The Creativity Project

First film premieres at Oklahoma gala. Second story in production
Produced by David and Lizzie Kennard.

Directed and edited by Michael O'Connell

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On June 9 2008, a new promotional campaign was rolled out in Oklahoma City, to publicize the next stage of fund-raising and production for this ground-breaking multi-media project on creativity. Amost $500,000 has already been committed.

The full state-wide Creative Oklahoma project was launched at a major event in Oklahoma City on February 8, 2008, to celebrate the start of the second hundred years of Oklahoma statehood. This event saw the premiere of The Flower Mound Story, the first part of InCA's Recreating America national television series for PBS, featuring the astonishing accomplishments of the A+ Educational system. For more information, please visit www.stateofcreativity.com

It was back in October 2004 that David and Lizzie Kennard started consulting with OETA (Oklahoma Public Television) and the Kirkpatrick Foundation, with a view to developing a major state-wide and national media project on Creativity. After three years of continuous development, research and scriptwriting, production started, with location shooting in Oklahoma and San Francisco, in October and November 2007.

LATEST NEWS: "The Chickasaw Story" starts production on location July 2008

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Recently Completed Films

CleanFish:

The Scottish Salmon and Mexican Shrimp stories
Produced by David and Lizzie Kennard

Directed and edited by Andres Cediel

(Images Source - Wikipedia)

• click here for a short clip from 'Loch Duart' (the Scottish Salmon story)

• click here for a short clip from 'The Fisherman's Daughter' (the Mexican Shrimp story)

In December 2006, the first shooting for a new multi-part venture on sustainable fisheries commenced in Mazatlan, Mexico, in collaboration with the non-profit CleanFish organization. This first story is now in distribution on DVD, through CleanFish.

Now, location photography and primary editing has been completed for the second story in the far North-West of Scotland (featuring the 200-year-old salmon fishery at Loch Duart) and the third story, featuring the shrimp boats of Guaymas, Mexico. The first editions of these stories have been delivered, and will be updated throughout 2008.

Please visit www.cleanfish.com for more information about the future of sustainable fishing, and for copies of these DVDs.

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Currently in Post-production

The Heart of the Universe:

A mind-blowing journey through 14 billion years in just two hours!
Produced by David and Lizzie Kennard

(Telescope Image Source - Wikipedia)

• click here for a short clip of the work in progress

In April 2006, principal photography commenced for “The Heart of the Universe”, a four part documentary series written and presented by Brian Swimme, co-written by Mary Evelyn Tucker and David Kennard, produced and directed by David and Lizzie Kennard. The film is set in the Greek island of Samos, and promises to be a unique parable about the past 14 billion years. Photography was completed in Samos in October 2006. Editing started in 2007 and continues currently. Graphics and music are currently under development. The film will be offered to Public Television for distribution in two formats: four thirty-minute episodes, and one two-hour special.

For more information on the man behind the movie, visit www.brianswimme.org.

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Currently in Pre-production

Powering Up:

Pre-production and scriptwriting completed

(Images Source - Wikipedia)

In April 2007, scriptwriting and research commenced for "Powering Up," a new 60-minute documentary special on families who have embraced renewable energy and sustainable lifestyles. Produced by InCA for national distribution on Public Television by KRCB (Sonoma County PBS), production is planned to start in late 2008, subject to funding. Location shooting will take place throughout Northern California.

Makers of Light:

New eco-project launched in Canada

Script development and location research has commenced on a new one-hour documentary on sustainable hydro power, to be filmed entirely on location in Canada.  "Makers of Light" will tell the story of how green small hydro is helping to transform the fortunes of First Nations. (www.makersoflight.com)

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InCA: Recent productions available on DVD

The Power of the Sun

Narrated and hosted by John Cleese

Senior Producer: David Kennard

Directed and edited by Victoria Simpson

(Images Source - Wikipedia)

• click here for a short clip

Hosted and narrated by John Cleese, InCA’s new one-hour documentary on Light and Solar Energy was featured at the Santa Barbara Film Festival in early February 2006, and has now been distributed to television networks worldwide (premiering in Europe on Austrian Television in November 2006). The show received its East Coast US premiere in Washington D.C. at the Solar Power industry Festival in October, 2005, and its West Coast premiere a month later at UCSB, (University of California, Santa Barbara), which commissioned the project.

Its US television premiere was on KRCB (San Francisco Bay Area Channel 22) on Tuesday April 17, 2007 at 9pm ( www.krcb.org ) following which it was uplinked to PBS stations nationally on May 27, 2007, and will be broadcast throughout the year on Public Television across the country. So far, it has aired on more than 75 PBS stations, including twelve major markets.

“The Power of the Sun” is a 56-minute film, telling the story of photovoltaics – Light; History and Science; Implementation; and Future. It was filmed in Japan, Germany, England, Massachusetts, New Jersey and California.The film is a scientific morality tale: how, starting from the most pure and basic science (Einstein’s insight about light), through stages of brilliant applied engineering, there emerged one of the most promising multi-billion-dollar energy technologies. Solar power is an economically realistic, clean and safe energy source, which will help us replace fossil fuels as the new century unfolds.

The film is already in educational distribution. For more information and to order DVDs please contact www.powerofthesun.ucsb.edu

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Keeping Score: Series 1 – Revolutions in Music

Premiered on PBS nationally in November, 2006 and repeating through 2007/8

1) Beethoven’s Eroica

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2) Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

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3) Aaron Copland and the American Sound
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Produced and directed by David Kennard and Joan Saffa

In these behind-the scenes documentaries, Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) investigates three remarkable composers and their individual creative journeys: Ludwig Van Beethoven’s “Eroica”, Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”, and Aaron Copland and the American Sound. MTT visits Vienna, Prague, St. Petersburg, Paris and New York to tell the stories of the composers’ lives. The San Francisco Symphony unlocks the powerful and vibrant emotions of each composer's music. Individual members of the orchestra explain the challenges and joys of creating these extraordinary works.

The "Keeping Score" series, completed in the Spring of 2006, aired nationally on PBS in November 2006, presented by KQED San Francisco (www.kqed.org). It is a part of a major initiative of the San Francisco Symphony called “Keeping Score: MTT on Music”, aimed at offering audiences of today new ways to connect to classical music. Keeping Score encompasses the Internet, radio, DVD’s, and educational and outreach programs around the United States. To order DVDs, please visit www.keepingscore.org

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John Cleese's Wine for the Confused

Produced and directed by David Kennard

Filmed and edited by Victoria Simpson

(Images Source - InCA and Wikipedia)

• click here for a short clip

This funny, informative one-hour show premiered on the Food Channel in October 2004 and has already been repeated several times. It is now in distribution on DVD from Koch Entertainment. (to order your DVD, please visit www.kochvision.com)

Wine is Confusing. So where do you start if you want to learn more about it? In John Cleese's Wine for the Confused, John takes a witty personal look at the world of winemaking. He discovers:
- How to find wines that taste good to you
- How to get the best value
- How to keep and serve wine at home
As John says: "Don’t let anyone tell you what wine you should like because people have different tastes, and we shall honor that."

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One Bite of the Apple: a portrait of the artist Edwina Sandys

Produced and directed by David Kennard

Filmed and edited by Victoria Simpson

(Image Copyright - Edwina Sandys)

• click here for a short clip

Winston Churchill's granddaughter, Edwina Sandys is one of the most remarkable artists of her generation. Her work defies easy categorization, ranging from surrealism and graphic art to monumental bronzes and marble pieces, from abstraction to high realism, from the deeply serious to the witty and provocative.

This engaging biography of Edwina, filmed on location in London, New York, Florida and Missouri, was co-produced with South Carolina ETV. It was distributed nationally on PBS in 2004, and has been repeated frequently on Public Television stations since that date.
For more information and to order DVDs, please contact www.edwinasandys.com.

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InCA: Some of the classic shows from the last 20 years

(Click the production stills for video clips)