Kensington Communications
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Background
Kensington Communications is a Toronto-based production companyProduction company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
that specializes in documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
s and television series. Founded in 1980 by president Robert Lang
Robert Lang
Robert Lang is the name of:*Robert Lang , Czech hockey player in the NHL*Robert Lang , cricketer*Robert Lang , British swimmer at the 2007 World Championships.*Robert J...
, Kensington Communications Inc. has produced over 150 productions from documentary series and films to performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
and children's specials. Since 1998, Kensington has also been involved in multi-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
interactive projects for the web.
Filmography
Current Productions:- Museum Secrets (History TV, UKTV, Historia)3
- Raw Opium (TVOntario, ZDF / Arte, Canal D, SCN, SBS) 4
Interactive Documentaries:
- Raw Opium Online
- Museum Secrets Online, a rich-media interactive site for the series Museum Secrets.
- City Sonic, a multi platform music documentary series.
- Diamond Road Online
- SacredBalance.com
- River of Sand Interactive
Documentary Series:
- City SonicCity SonicCity Sonic is a documentary series about Toronto-based musicians and the places that influenced their music. The first five City Sonic films were previewed at Toronto's 2009 North by North East Music and Film Festival.-Films:...
, 20 short films about Toronto's music scene, both past and present. In 2010, City SonicCity SonicCity Sonic is a documentary series about Toronto-based musicians and the places that influenced their music. The first five City Sonic films were previewed at Toronto's 2009 North by North East Music and Film Festival.-Films:...
was nominated for a Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in the category Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction5. - Diamond Road, 3-part documentary series produced for TVOntarioTVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
, History TelevisionHistory TelevisionHistory Television is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that presents programming about history and some non-historical programming of military, science and technology interest. It is owned by Shaw Media. Its French language counterpart is Historia.The channel operates two...
, Discovery TimesDiscovery TimesInvestigation Discovery is a television network that is owned by Discovery Communications. The channel features documentary-style programming dealing with criminal investigations , and other crime-related documentaries.-History:The channel launched in 1996 under the name Discovery Civilization...
, ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
, ArteArteArte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
and Special Broadcasting ServiceSpecial Broadcasting ServiceThe Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
Australia. - 72 Hours: True Crime72 Hours: True Crime72 Hours: True Crime was a television program that was broadcast by CBC Television and produced by Kensington Communications. It focused on crime, specifically on the first 72 hours after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it...
, 3 seasons from 2005-2007 (CBC/TLC)1. - Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, 5 seasons from 1997-2003 (Discovery/CTV/TLC).
- The Sacred Balance (CBC/PBS), with environmentalist, David SuzukiDavid SuzukiDavid Suzuki, CC, OBC is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department of the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001...
and is also accompanied by an interactive media site, Sacred Balance.com.
One-off Documentaries:
- Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits (TVO, ZDF Arte, SBS)
- Return to Nepal with Bruce CockburnBruce CockburnBruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
(documentary channel) - Almost Home: A Sayisi Dene Journey (CBC)
- My Beat: The Life and Times of Bruce CockburnBruce CockburnBruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
(CBC) - River of Sand (TVO/Vision)
- Separate Lives (Discovery/TLC/BBC)
- A Place in the World (Vision/SCN)
- Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky—an examination of 1960s folk music and the Mariposa Folk FestivalMariposa Folk FestivalThe Mariposa Folk Festival was founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario. It was held in Orillia for three years before being banned because of disturbances by festival-goers. After being held in various places in Ontario for a few decades, it returned to Orillia in 2000. Ruth Jones, her husband Dr...
(CTV) - One Warm Line—a portrait of the Canadian folk singer, Stan RogersStan RogersStanley Allison "Stan" Rogers was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finely crafted, traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing...
(CBC)
Children's Variety Programming
- Biggest Little Ticket (CTV/YTV)