About Us

Project List

Projects by Face to Face Media.
Produced by Betsy Carson
Directed by Gary Marcuse

2004 Arktika, The Russian Dream that Failed. A one hour television documentary on the conquest of the Russian Arctic
2004 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 The Other Arctic, Feature length documentary on the science and history of the Arctic, in production for CBC, The Nature of Things, Michael Allder, 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 A collection of 22 short documentaries for use by professors of sociolgy in university classrooms.
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.
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.
1997-00 Harcourt Sociology Video Collection. Volumes 1- 6 A collection of 38 documentaries and 2 animations adapted and excerpted for use in university sociology lectures. Client: Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada.
1997 Café Bohème, a six minute dance video for Bravo! Choreographer: Gioconda Barbuto Co-produced and co-directed by Betsy Carson.
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
1991,98 First Nations, The Circle Unbroken, in association with the NFB. A 7 volume collection of short documentaries with accompanying teaching guide. Widely distributed in Canada by the NFB.
1998 Alive in the Nuclear Age Project, Two volumes of documentaries co-produced with the NFB.


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