HOW TO Dare to Repair
The unbalanced washer thumps in the laundry room, debris clogs the gutters, and the sharp edges of the broken bulb protrude from a light socket. Things are falling apart, and Julie Sussman and neighbor Stephanie Glakas-Tenet are home alone, their husbands off on assignment. No sense in writing a honey-do list. Over coffee, the two women decide to take care of it all themselves. The result is Dare to Repair. Julie and Stephanie, in their easy and engaging style, teach PBS viewers simple, everyday home repairs.
Aired on PBS Order the video
ENVIRONMENT Orphan Orca: Saving Springer
An unexpected guest joins Seattle’s morning rush, a baby orca whale swimming dangerously close to the Vashon Island Ferry. It is alone, dodging boats in one of the country’s most crowded waterways.The orca whale population in the Northwest is declining. Scientists fear that this baby orca may become another casualty. Soon, people in the Seattle area and all over the world are wondering: Who is this wayward baby, and where is its mother?
Aired on PBS, Emmy Award
HEALTH Nursing Shortage:
Diagnosis Critical
At some point in their lives, most people will need a nurse. Will one be there? According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Connecticut needed nearly 8,000 additional nurses in 2006. Nursing Shortage: Diagnosis Critical explores the reasons for the most perilous nursing shortage in U.S. history.
Aired on Connecticut Public Television
HISTORY New England and the Civil War
Farm boys from Vermont and New Hampshire, fishermen and sailors from Maine and Rhode Island, and shopkeepers from Connecticut and Massachusetts tell their stories as fledgling warriors in the struggle to determine the fate of the nation.
Aired on Connecticut Public Television
Mark Twain’s Neighborhood:
Nook Farm
From the front porch of his Connecticut home , humorist Mark Twain charmed a nation and wrote some of the most famous tales in American literature. Nook Farm became the gathering point for famous neighbors and friends and a forum for discussing the issues of the day.
Aired on PBS
WEB
Fingerpost Productions can help you link traditional media with the Internet to deliver a more powerful message. We created a companion Web site to accompany Mark Twain’s Neighborhood: Nook Farm,
broadcast nationally on PBS. Click here to go to the website
MUSEUMS Black Hands, Blue Seas
Black Hands, Blue Seas tells the dramatic story of the rich African American maritime experience from the trans-Atlantic voyage known as the Middle Passage to World War II. Narrative descriptions based on primary source materials, re-enactments, historical paintings, photographs, videos, and breathtaking seascapes trace the ways the seas and waterways were essential to the creation of an American identity for slaves and their descendants.
Currently exhibited at Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea
PUBLIC ADVOCACY A Cleaner Connecticut River
The Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) needed community support for a multi-million dollar bond correcting sewer overflows in seven MDC towns. Fingerpost Productions joined M. P. Guinan and Associates and the Connecticut River Watershed Council to create a public service video in English and Spanish.. The bond passed.
PROMOTIONS The Governor's Awards
for Excellence
in Culture & Tourism
This series of video profiles celebrates the state's leaders in the arts, culture, film, history and tourism.
Learning Doesn’t
Take a Vacation:
Created the script and collaborated with Buzzco on the animation sequence for a statewide media campaign to increase public awareness of the importance of math and science education.
Excellence Within Reach
Created a series of video spots advocating math and science education. Funded by the National Science Foundation through the Connecticut Academy for Education
Postcards from
the Old State House
Created a video series celebrating the reopening of the Old State House in Hartford for People’s Bank
Earth Tips from the Stars
Created a series of environmental tips with video segments featuring Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, David Canary, and James Naughton for the Department of Environmental Protection.
