Spark Media, Inc.

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Welcome to SPARK Media, an award-winning Washington, DC based production and outreach company specializing in issues of social change.

Established in 1989 by Andrea Kalin, SPARK creates innovative films, videos, and outreach & distribution programs that increase awareness and communication among people. Our programs creatively combine traditional media and digital technologies, always with a commitment to educate and inspire.

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THE LATEST

THE PACT Premieres on DVD and television!!

It seems like just yesterday that Spark Media first turned their cameras on the streets of Newark; yet two years later, after a successful festival run, we've finally secured a broadcast airdate!  Presented by the National Black Programming Consortium, The Pact will premiere on American Public Television on May 4th.  Please note that local television stations do air programs on different days and times, so be sure to confirm the local broadcast time with your TV Guide.  And then tell all your friends!!!

The Pact is also now available on DVD for $19.99, plus shipping & handling.  Please visit our online store to purchase your discounted copy today!  The first 100 orders will receive a free Pact poster!  The DVD is the extended version of the film that screened at the film festivals and contains over 20 more minutes of footage than the broadcast program. 

Spark has recently completed two new films, Talking Through Walls, which is the inspirational story of how members of the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim communities in a small town in New Jersey united in efforts not only to build a mosque, but to open dialogue and bridge the gaps between faiths; and Allah Made Me Funny - Live in Concert, a groundbreaking comedy performance film that will challenge America's perceptions of Islam and instigate a few laughs.  Both films are complete and will hopefully screen soon in a theater near you!  Check back here for details.

Work on Soul of a People: Voices from the Writers' Project continues.  The producers recently participated in the recent New Deal Symposium at the Library of Congress, organized to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the New Deal, and also interviewed anthropologist Dr. Mindy Morgan, an expert on Native American involvement with the Federal Writers' Project.  The production crew also recently traveled to Idaho, home of one of our key characters, Vardis Fisher, and filmed through the worst snow storms that state has witnessed in 50 years!  Filming in a bank of snow, already at your waist but rapidly growing ever higher, was, uh, an interesting experience to say the least.  But it was an effort well worth it, as audiences will see, for the footage is among the most beautiful we have captured so far.  The Gem State looks like a virtual winter wonderland! 

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