About Us

Project List

Projects by  Gary Marcuse and Betsy Carson, Face to Face Media

2013 Pearson Education Canada Sociolgy Video Library A collection of 22 short documentaries for use by professors of sociolgy in university classrooms. Produced for Pearson Canada by Face to Face Media, Gary Marcuse, Producer
2012

Tracks Across Sand  Hugh Brody, Director for HR Brody Ltd. Betsy Carson, Producer

Occupy Love  Velcrow Ripper, Director for Fierce Light Productions. Betsy Carson, Executive Producer

2011

Waking the Green Tiger, A green movement rises in China Feature documentary for CBC The Nature of Things and Danish DR2.  Gary Marcuse, Director and Writer, Betsy Carson, Producer

War in the Mind  Judy Jackson, Director and Writer for Judy Films, Betsy Carson, Producer 

Surviving Progress   Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks, Directors for Big Picture Media Corporation, Cinemaginere and the National Film Board of Canada   Betsy Carson, Co-Executive Producer

2010

Think Outside the Book, Nelson Education Videos for Introductory Sociology  2010 Edition. A Face to Face Media Production for Nelson Education   Betsy Carson, Producer

Pearson Canada Sociolgy Video Library A collection of 6 short documentaries for use by professors of sociolgy in university classrooms. Produced for Pearson Canada by Face to Face Media, Gary Marcuse, Producer

2009

The Meaning of Life    Hugh Brody, Director, Betsy Carson, Producer 

Waterlife, Kevin McHahon Director for the National Film Board of Canada. Betsy Carson, Co- Executive Producer

Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space  Denis Delestrac, Director for Coptor Productions Inc and Lowik Media.  Betsy Carson, Co-Executive Producer

Fierce Light, When Spirit Meets Action,  Velcrow Ripper Director for Fierce Light Films, Big Picture Media Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada.  Betsy Carson,  Co-Executive Producer

 2008 Think Outside the Book, Thomson Nelson Videos for Introductory Sociology   A Face to Face Media production for Thomson, Nelson.  Betsy Carson, Producer
2007 Bevel Up: Drugs Users and Outreach Nursing  Nettie Wild, Director for Canada Wild Productions and The BC Centre for Disease Control  Betsy Carson, Producer
2006 Pearson Education Canada Sociolgy Video Library  Volume 5: Media and Society    A collection of short documentaries for use by professors of sociolgy in university classrooms. Produced for Pearson Canada by Face to Face Media, Gary Marcuse, Producer
2004 Arktika, The Russian Dream that Failed. A one hour television documentary on the conquest of the Russian Arctic for CBC The Nature of Things, Gary Marcuse, Director and Writer; Betsy Carson, Producer
Nelson Videos for Introductory Sociology Nelson acquires Harcourt and updates a collection of 34 short videos for use by professors of sociology in uiniversity classrooms.
2003 FIX: The Story of an Addicted City   Feature length and CTV broadcast documentary on the fight to create Vancouver's first safe injection site. Nettie Wild, Director; Betsy Carson, Producer; Gary Marcuse, Executive Producer

Lost Secrets of Ancient Medicine, the Tibetan Medical Atlas of the Blue Buddha. In development for NHK and ZDF. A mystery unfolds as a lost atlas of Tibetan medicine, lost in a century of chaos and revolution, reappears in Russia.

Scanning Television Second Edition A media Literacy project. Second edition of this award winning educational video project. Distributed in Canada by Harcourt Canada. Bronze Medial NY Festivals

Pearson Education Canada Sociolgy Video Library: Sociological Imagination  Volume 1-4  A collection of short documentaries for use by professors of sociolgy in university classrooms. Produced for Pearson Canada by Face to Face Media, Gary Marcuse, Producer
2000

Nuclear Dynamite. Feature and TV hour documentary on the Soviet -American race to develop nuclear explosives for geographical engineering and the birth of the environmental movement. A co-production with the NFB in association with CBC The Nature of Things. Awards: Gemini, Golden Dragon.

Harcourt Sociology Video Collection  Volumes 5-6.   A collection of   documentaries and   animations adapted and excerpted for use in university sociology lectures. Client: Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada.

1999

Pride and Prejudice: The road to multiculturalism and human rights in British Columbia. One hour documentary on racism, white supremacists, multiculturalism and the history of BC, for Knowledge Network.

1997-2001 Champions of the Wild nature series by Omni Productions for Discovery Canada. Episodes about Siberian Tigers, Jaguars and Giant Sea Turtles were written and directed by Gary Marcuse
1997 Harcourt Sociology Video Collection. Volumes 1- 4  A collection of   documentaries and   animations adapted and excerpted for use in university sociology lectures. Client: Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada.
 

Café Bohème, a six minute dance video for Bravo! Choreographer: Gioconda Barbuto Co-produced and co-directed by Betsy Carson.

First Nations, The Circle Unbroken  Volumes 5-7 . A collection of short documentaries with accompanying teaching guide. Produced by Face to Face Media for the National Film Board of Canada. Gary Marcuse, Producer

1996 Scanning Television, First Edition, a media education kit. Includes 40 x 6 min excerpts from television and a teaching guide for media literacy instruction in high schools. Produced by Face to Face Media.
1995 The Mind of a Child. A 60 min television documentary about inner city children affected by cultural deprivation and a First Nations teacher who helping them. A Face to Face Media production in association with the NFB. Filmed in 16 mm and Beta-SP video on location in Jerusalem, Vancouver, and Washington DC. Awards: Gemini
1993 Blockade  A feature documentary by Nettie Wild, Director;  Betsy Carson, Producer; Gary Marcuse, Associate Producer
1991 Time Immemorial   A look at the Nishga'a peoples long fight to reclaim their traditional lands. Director Hugh Brody for Tamarack Films.  Betsy Carson, Associate Producer
  First Nations, The Circle Unbroken Volumes 1-4   A collection of short documentaries with accompanying teaching guide. Widely distributed in Canada by the NFB. Produced by Face to Face Media for the National Film Board of Canada. Gary Marcuse, Producer
1988
A Rustling of Leaves, Inside the Philippine Revolution   Nettie Wild, Director,  Betsy Carson, Producer for Canada Wild Productions
1988 Alive in the Nuclear Age Project, Two volumes of documentaries co-produced with the NFB. Gary Marcuse, Producer and Project Director


Awards

  • Platinum Award 2003 Best Instructional Film and Video, Houston World Festival
  • Gemini 2001 Best Science and Environmental Documentary
  • Gold Dragon, Beijing International Science Film Festival
  • Gemini (1997 Canada Award)
  • Gold Medal, New York Festivals
  • Chris Awards Columbus International Film and Television Festival (1997,2000)
  • Golden Sheaf Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival;
  • Gold Award Houston International Film and Television Festival
  • Bronze Medal, NY Festivals
  • Silver Certificate Prix Leonardo Medical and Scientific Film Festival, Parma, Italy
  • Silver Plaque, Science Documentary Chicago International Television Competition
  • Silver Award Charleston International Film and Video Festival
  • Silver Apple, Bronze Apple, National Educational Media Network (Oakland)
  • Leo Award BC Motion Picture Association awards;
  • Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film and Video Festival
  • Special Jury Award, MediaNet (Munich)
  • Certificate of Merit, American Indian Film Festival
  • Jury's Honorable Mention Millennium Scientific Film Festival, Szolnok, Hungary