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recent productions
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How To Stop A Hurricane
Airing October 18 on CBC-TV’s "Doc Zone" at 9pm
- There are two things you can say for sure about hurricanes. One: they are nature’s most destructive force; and two: another big one is on the way.
- In the aftermath of the incredible destruction on September 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina swerved away at the last minute from its target of New Orleans, imagine the devastation and loss of life when the Next Big One slams right into a major American city.
- What, if anything, can the most technologically powerful nation in the history of civilization do to save itself? There are dozens of scientists, government researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs who have theories of how to stop, weaken or divert hurricanes of mass destruction.
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Money And The Maker: The Battle for St Stephen
(2006) "It's about an Anglican church, a
150-year-old one at College Street near Kensington Market
which was being shut down by the Diocese for a 400-thousand
dollar debt. The two-hour doc is about all the characters and conflict involved, the political arguments inside
the Anglican community, and it's also a slightly addled, middle-aged man's search for
justice truth and higher ground." (RB. Feb '06)
'Rivetting and moving....... a story about this city, warts and all."
George F Walker
(This is Wonderland; Suburban Motel; Zastrozzi.)
" An incredibly moving documentary with a vital message for
everyone....believer or not. Beautifully biased...in the right way."
Roy Bonisteel (former host of CBC's Man Alive)
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The In-Between World
of M.G. Vassanji
(2006) The Vassanji documentary is
about the Canadian writer MG Vassanji, born in East Africa,
who grew up poor in Dar Es Salaam, won a physics scholarship to MIT,
PHD in Philadelphia, then a job as nuclear physicist at AECL
in Deep River Ontario, where he read Pascal and translated
medieval Hindu ghinans before
writing six novels which won big awards.
Broadcast
on Bravo! TV on March 9th, 2006.
The documentary was screened at the Kwane writers festival in Nairobi Kenya in December '06 with the author in attendance.
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Bowling
for Canada
(2003) From Austin "Dread" Codrington
to John "The Slogger" Davison. An unlikely group of
cricketing amateurs overcomes controversy and bad financing and
manages to avoid global humiliation at the World Cup of cricket
in South Africa. It’s a story of impossible achievement; it’s
also a story that reflects a new Canada. read
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Paul Anka: Destiny
(2002) One-hour biography of one of music history's enduring
stars. For CBC's Life & Times series.
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First Person Shooter
(2002) One-hour documentary investigating the effect of violent
video games on children, for CTV.
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Dying
To Get In, Parts One & Two
(2001)
Two one-hour documentaries entering the underground world of illegal
immigrants and pursuers. For CBC’s "Witness" series.
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Somebody
Stop Me: The Life & Times of Jim Carrey
(2000)
Biography of the actor/comedian for CBC’s Life & Times
series.
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Powergame
(1999)
A profile of top international squash pro Jonathon Power. For
CBC Sports. read
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Asylum,
Parts One & Two
(1999) Two one-hour documentaries reveals what happens to the
mentally ill in the "real world" after treatment in
mental institutions. For CBC’s "Witness" series.
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other
works
(NOT AVAILABLE FROM COGENT/BENGER)
Nature Bites Back: The Case Of The Sea Otter
(2005) Sea otters have come back from near-death as a species. Now, where do they fit into an ecosystem that adapted to get along with them? Filmed in HD, directed and written by Christopher Sumpton for The Nature Of Things. Narrated by David Suzuki. A CBC-TV production.
Madiba: The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela
A two-hour documentary special produced, directed and written by Robin Benger for Mark Starowicz's Documentary Unit at CBC TV. Gemini Award, best music 2005. Gemini Nomination for best Biography.
"The best Life and Times ever" John Doyle, The Globe and Mail
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Robbing The Cradle of Civilization
The story of how Iraq's museum and ancient sites are being looted by gangs working for Middle eastern smugglers and antiquities collectors based in Europe, North America and Japan. Filmmaker Robin Benger tracks looted cylinder seals from the war zones of Shia Iraq out through Jordan and Israel to London, Switzerland and New York. A CBC-TV Production.
Best foreign documentary (New York Film and Video festival).
Played at academic conferences on stolen antiquities from Chicago to London.
"The best documentary on this subject" Assyriologist/Iraq expert Gwendolyn Leick
(broadcast in Australia/USA/UK/Netherlands/Sweden/Switzerland)
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Daughters
of Afghanistan
Sally Armstrong investigates the reality for women in
modern Afganistan and the tremendous obstacles that they must
overcome. Directed By Robin Benger. An Up Front Entertainment production.
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Inside
Information: Stories from the Hill
Robin Benger directed and wrote this one hour documentary
for the CBC's 50th Anniversary series. It focussed on 50 years
of parliamentary journalism by the CBC from the nation's capital.
From the early hard-drinking days of Charlie Lynch and Norman
De Poe to the badgering scrumwork of the tireless Julie Van Dusen. CBC-TV.
East
Side Showdown
(1999) Class warfare centred around one urban intersection. Directed by Robin Benger. Associate Producer: Chirstopher Sumpton. A
National Film Board of Canada production. read
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In
Security: The New Age of Policing
(1998) Examines the growing privatization of law
enforcement. Directed by Robin Benger. Produced by Christopher Sumpton. A CBC-TV production.
documentaries
in development:
Skin, inc
Leap of Faith: religion in China
Desire Inc
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