This fonds consists of 38 series corresponding to documentary films and television series, the majority of which were produced by Kensington Communications. For most productions, many different elements are represented: source tapes, audio, edits, rough cuts, fine cuts, and distribution versions for various broadcasters and international audiences.
The fonds also contains textual records relating to Kensington’s productions. Most textual records relate to productions filmed after 2000. Textual records may include research, funding applications, agreements with broadcasters, cast and crew contracts, scripts and transcripts, call sheets, schedules, insurance, budgets, mock-ups, correspondence, and other documents related to production.
Several series also include photographs and graphic material related to documentaries and tv series such as promotional photographs and photographs taken during filming.
For productions that have associated websites or mobile apps, the relevant series may contain planning documents, correspondence, mock-ups, budgets, site content, videos, and other records relating to the creation of apps or websites. However, this fonds does not contain archived versions of the websites and apps themselves.
A few of the series in this fonds represent Kensington productions that were unproduced or did not proceed past a pilot.
1. Childhood’s End (1981)
2. Vaclav Vaca: Fantastic Visions (1982)
3. Joe David: Spirit of the Mask (1982)
4. Kanan (1982)
5. A Great Tree Has Fallen (1982)
6. USC Films & Promos: Bangladesh From the River, Moving the Banyan Tree/Sur Le Chemin de Tahkuragaon (1984), Path to Nepal (1987)
7. Fragile Harvest (short version: Seeds) (1986)
8. Stepdancing (1986)
9. Out of the Past (short version: On the Run) (1989)
10. One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers (1990)
11. Sacred Rhythm/Rythme du Monde (1990) Jenfilms
12. Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky (1990)
13. Earth Journal with Richard Leakey (1991)
14. The Biggest Little Ticket (1993)
15. "Parliamentary Hearings for Designing Foods" (1994, unproduced)
16. Pacific Rim: A Park and Its People (1995)
17. A Place in the World (1996)
18. Separate Lives (1996)
19. Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997-2002) (Textual and graphic files only – see Creative Anarchy Fonds for Exhibit A videos)
20. My Beat: The Life & Times of Bruce Cockburn (2001)
21. Sacred Balance/ Mystérieuse Planète (2002)
22. Almost Home: A Sayisi Dene Journey (working title Full Circle) (2003)
23. 72 Hours: True Crime (2003-2007)
24. Was Justice Denied? (2005, unproduced)
25. Port Hope: A Question of Power (2005)
26. Flap! (2006, unproduced)
27. Diamond Road (2007)
28. Life in the Crisis Zone (Unproduced, 2008)
29. Return to Nepal (2008)
30. City Sonic App (2009)
31. Raw Opium (2010)
32. Museum Secrets (2010-2014)
33. Shameless Idealists (2012)
34. National Secrets (unproduced, 2015)
35. The Drop: Why Young People Don’t Vote (2015)
36. Risk Factor (2017)
37. The Equalizer Shorts (2017)
38. The Shadow of Gold (2019)
The fonds also contains textual records relating to Kensington’s productions. Most textual records relate to productions filmed after 2000. Textual records may include research, funding applications, agreements with broadcasters, cast and crew contracts, scripts and transcripts, call sheets, schedules, insurance, budgets, mock-ups, correspondence, and other documents related to production.
Several series also include photographs and graphic material related to documentaries and tv series such as promotional photographs and photographs taken during filming.
For productions that have associated websites or mobile apps, the relevant series may contain planning documents, correspondence, mock-ups, budgets, site content, videos, and other records relating to the creation of apps or websites. However, this fonds does not contain archived versions of the websites and apps themselves.
A few of the series in this fonds represent Kensington productions that were unproduced or did not proceed past a pilot.
1. Childhood’s End (1981)
2. Vaclav Vaca: Fantastic Visions (1982)
3. Joe David: Spirit of the Mask (1982)
4. Kanan (1982)
5. A Great Tree Has Fallen (1982)
6. USC Films & Promos: Bangladesh From the River, Moving the Banyan Tree/Sur Le Chemin de Tahkuragaon (1984), Path to Nepal (1987)
7. Fragile Harvest (short version: Seeds) (1986)
8. Stepdancing (1986)
9. Out of the Past (short version: On the Run) (1989)
10. One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers (1990)
11. Sacred Rhythm/Rythme du Monde (1990) Jenfilms
12. Mariposa: Under a Stormy Sky (1990)
13. Earth Journal with Richard Leakey (1991)
14. The Biggest Little Ticket (1993)
15. "Parliamentary Hearings for Designing Foods" (1994, unproduced)
16. Pacific Rim: A Park and Its People (1995)
17. A Place in the World (1996)
18. Separate Lives (1996)
19. Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997-2002) (Textual and graphic files only – see Creative Anarchy Fonds for Exhibit A videos)
20. My Beat: The Life & Times of Bruce Cockburn (2001)
21. Sacred Balance/ Mystérieuse Planète (2002)
22. Almost Home: A Sayisi Dene Journey (working title Full Circle) (2003)
23. 72 Hours: True Crime (2003-2007)
24. Was Justice Denied? (2005, unproduced)
25. Port Hope: A Question of Power (2005)
26. Flap! (2006, unproduced)
27. Diamond Road (2007)
28. Life in the Crisis Zone (Unproduced, 2008)
29. Return to Nepal (2008)
30. City Sonic App (2009)
31. Raw Opium (2010)
32. Museum Secrets (2010-2014)
33. Shameless Idealists (2012)
34. National Secrets (unproduced, 2015)
35. The Drop: Why Young People Don’t Vote (2015)
36. Risk Factor (2017)
37. The Equalizer Shorts (2017)
38. The Shadow of Gold (2019)