Archive for August, 2009
Edinburgh International Television Festival – The Evidence
As Peter Andre said, “you can ignore the headlines as you know they’re probably not true, but you can’t ignore the photographs…” All photos by Rob McDougall 2009 1) TV’s Got Talent winner Carolyn Philpot 2) Five’s channel controller Richard Woolfe 3) Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett and Dragon’s Den series producer Sam Lewins 4) Peter Andre [...]
Greenlit: The Last Beekeeper, Planet Green
The Last Beekeeper w/t – Documentary series explores how honeybees have become threatened by human life and profiles several beekeepers who are trying to keep the bees alive. Channel: Planet Green Producer: World of Wonder Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: The Kamen Code, Planet Green
The Kamen Code (8×30′) – Ob doc follows millionaire inventor Dean Kamen, who lives on a sustainable island, as he works on his ideas. Channel: Planet Green Producer: Radial Media TX: Early 2011 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Planet Green
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission w/t – Ob doc follows the team who patrol the Florida Everglades to protect it from poachers and organized crime. Channel: Planet Green Producer: Greif Company Source: Cynopsis
Crappy Taxidermy
Crappy Taxidermy is a site dedicated to ill-executed, ill-advised or just plain wrong taxidermy specimens, from a rat covered in blood to a cat that appears to have turned into a vase. Let’s hope Benson – the 64lb 25-yr-old British carp that recently died, and is deeply mourned by the fishing community – doesn’t suffer [...]
Greenlit: The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Planet Green
The Fabulous Beekman Boys (10 x ) – Ob doc that follows a NYC couple who are novice farmers setting up an organic farm in upstate New York with the help of the local townsfolk. Channel: Planet Green Producer: World of Wonder TX: 16th June 2010 Source: Cynopsis
Greenlit: Bake & Destroy, Planet Green
Bake & Destroy wt – Ob doc set in the Bleeding Heart organic bakery – America’s first certified organic bakery. Channel: Planet Green Producer: Film Garden Entertainment Source: Cynopsis
The Endangered Species Project
More art with purpose: The Endangered Species Print Project produces prints of species that are at risk of extinction. Prints are $50 each and come in editions of how many animals of that species are left. So, for example, there are believed to be no more than 100 Panamanian Golden Frogs left in the wild, [...]
Joining the Docs
Joining the Docs is a video on demand site dedicated to international documentaries. This is the place to see some of the films that have been on the festival circuit but only enjoyed limited theatrical release. Each film costs £3-4 to stream or you can get a monthly subscription for £10. Joining the Docs has [...]
From Grid to Green
Mike Johnson is a 32-yr-old Florida-based mailman, music producer and tech geek, who has just decided to try to take his house and family off the grid. He’s going to be blogging about his experience on From Grid to Green, which he’s just started. His first task is to create an automatic zonal watering system [...]
