THE HOME OF KATIE ARCHER - historical/contemporary radio drama
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Topics
Economy: Business, Corporations
Health: Infant Mortality
Human Development: Children, Education, Energy, Labor, Social Exclusion
Human Rights: Civil Rights, Gender, Social Exclusion
Information & Media: Communication, Culture, Knowledge, Media
Peace and Conflict: Arms & Military, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Peace
Politics: Activism, Civil Society, Democracy, Ethics & Value Systems, Justice and Crime, Law
Project Geography
US: National
Identity Niches
Budget
Raised to date: $1,400.00
Estimate to complete: $12,000.00
Total Estimated Budget: $13,400.00
The budget numbers above are accurate as of 01/22/2010
Status
Post Production
Media Type
Audio
Project End Use
Radio
Key Personnel
Jim Terr
writer / producer
I have acted in and written numerous productions, both film and theater. I am trained as a journalist (Northwestern University), and have worked some in that area, but mainly have been "free-lance creative", with an emphasis on video / documentary in the past decade. I have produced many advertising jingles (some national), songs which have appeared in films, etc. I have over 400,000 YouTube views of my short videos on various topics.
I was raised in New Mexico, and have lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for 22 years. I have received numerous awards and kudos, some of which you can see here: http://bluecanyonproductions.com/jim.html#quotes and some of which you can see here: http://bluecanyonvideo.com
Outreach/Engagement Plan(s)
Personnel at KUNM-FM who initiated this project are still supportive, and will assist in notifying other public radio stations of availability of program for download. There are other radio theater sites which would also publicize. MOTHER JONES magazine has offered to publicize. I can publicize excerpts via my extensive YouTube audience (I have over 400,000 views of my material to date). So I think that getting word out to all possibly interested radio stations will not be difficult. Several audio copies (CDs) with educational / background materials will be sent to all state libraries in the US, thereby effectively making CDs available to every library and public school in the US. This is a program which really "brings history alive."Funders
| Name | Amount | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Stern Memorial Trust | $500.00 | 04/04/2007 | |
| McCune Charitable Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico | $900.00 | 11/10/2006 |
Location
POB 6622
Santa Fe, NM, 87502
Short Synopsis
2-to-3-hour radio drama dramatizing life and labor struggles of Mary "Mother" Jones, particularly the "Ludlow Massacre" at the John D. Rockefeller mine. And contemporary storyline reflecting her legacy on local community involved in the conservative-versus-liberal "talk radio wars." Also deals with the origin of PR ("spin"), based on historical character, Ivy Lee, arguably first modern PR man.
Description/Treatment
Originally written as a feature film script, "THE HOME OF KATIE ARCHER" was selected for production at public radio KUNM-FM in Albuquerque. Hundreds of hours have been invested by all involved, including in-kind hours by radio station and scores of actors and "celebrity actors", such as Phil Proctor (of the Firesign Theater), Hodding Carter III (former assistant secretary of state), and Mike Malloy (progressive radio host, playing JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER!). So the project is recorded, but needs substantial editing, scoring, production, distribution and publicizing to make available (at no cost) to public and other radio stations. Touches on many enduring issues of social justice, labor, family, immigration, and the current "cultural wars" and "talk radio wars." SCRIPT IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE, on request. As is a staged reading excerpt and audio excerpts.Click here to ask for more information about this project: