My Music by Kimberly John Smith
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Holy, Holy Mystery Apollo
Remembering Sally One Of Us Is Golden
Gone To Texas This Magic I Feel
Oceana Why Me?
Golden Love Carry
The Magic Forest The Fisherman
Only Human
Click here to read about videos I've made.
creative action digital video
Selected video projects completed from 1997 to present:
Wolfville Farmers Market Channel on You Tube.
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Valley Learners TV Channel on You Tube.
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Literacy Nova Scotia Channel on You Tube.
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Kings County TV Channel on You Tube.
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Beyond Sex 10 minutes, Mini DV
Teen Parents talk about their struggles in this wonderfully
frank short video that was produced with a grant from The Eastern
Kings Memorial Health Foundation.
Forging Hope 14 minutes, Mini DV
Long term offenders, volunteers and corrections officers
talk about the plan to build a spiritual retreat called the
Saint Luke's Renewal Centre at the Springhill Corrections Centre.
This video was produced by The Christian Council for Reconcilliation
to raise the money to build Saint Luke's Renewal Centre. The video
worked better than we dreamed. $300,000.00 was raised in less
than a year and the centre has been built! Click here to learn more.
The Creative Arts Play Group 20 minutes, Mini DV
We knew our son Brendon learned best through arts based
activities. So we initiated a process that led to the creation of
a new option for special needs kids called The Creative Arts Play Group.
This video describes the process behind the strategy that was so effective,
it led to the establishment of The Alexander Society for Special Needs.
Creative Arts For Teens 10 minutes, Mini DV
The Creative Arts Play Group was designed for little kids.
So Creative Arts For Teens was set up. This video has testimonials
from teachers and parents who were blown away.
Click here to learn more.
The Inclusion Project 10 minutes, Mini DV
Black Box Productions hired me to shoot this short
documentary about how the business community of Wolfville
embraced a special service provided by Tammy Parker which
she named "Beck and Call".
The Three Dimensional World of Joshua Kalfa 15 minutes, Mini DV
The distinctive sculptures of Joshua Kalfa can be found
in the gardens and homes of some of Canada's most discriminating
collectors of fine art. Click here to see video
Ash Dreams 22 minutes, Mini DV
I made this video portrait of Nat Fulton who has a
profound spiritual relationship with the ash trees he
lives with. He talks about the equation of life, makes
outrageous music and confesses his struggle with alcoholism.
Bravo Canada bought a four year broadcasting license.
This solo production was my national broadcasting debut.
The Helping Hands of E.I.I.S. 23 minutes, Mini DV
The Western Regional Child and Youth Action Committee of Nova Scotia
hired me to create a video about Early Identification and Information
Services which was instituted to detect Autism Spectrum Disorder
earlier and provide more effective early intervention. Learn more.
Building A Culture of Peace 15 minutes. Mini DV
Peace Makers hired me to tell their story about providing
mediation services and training people in non violent conflict
resolution.
The First Hundred Years of Kings Mutual 20 minutes, Mini DV
Annapolis Valley Audio Visual hired me to direct this
wonderful history about a group of farmers from Berwick, Nova Scotia
who decided to help each other insure their farms for less and how they
grew to be a leader in fire prevention. Learn more.
Stewards of Evangeline Beach 15 Minutes, Mini DV and Beta SP
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources instituted
The Fundy Shore Bird Project at Evangeline Beach to involve residents
in a community supported habitat conservation effort. Scientists
and residents talk about the uniqueness of the migrating shore bird
habitat at Evangeline Beach and the Minas Basin. This video contains
breathtaking images of huge flocks of shore birds in flight.
Lessons For Champions 21 minutes, Mini DV
Nova Scotia Association for Community Living commissioned this
vitally important crash course in effective advocacy for people who require
special care. We interviewed leading community advocates, families, individuals,
social workers and politicians.
Yes We Can! 38 minutes, Mini DV
Hants County Community Access Network and Windsor People First Society
commissioned this creative promotion of inclusive employment. We imagined what
public access community television would look like if it included more people
and we came up with a variety of ideas ranging from advocacy to promotions of
small businesses and services to interviews with leaders in employment equity.
Learn about Windsor People First Society.
Walking The Literacy Mile 34 minutes, Mini DV
The Kings County Learning Association commissioned this video
to help enlist volunteers, raise awareness and financing. We conceived four
movies in one as a way to make the presentation as flexible as possible. The
resulting DVD allows viewers a choice of four separate short videos -each
focused on a different aspect of KCLA. Learn More
S.M.I.L.E. 8 minutes, Mini DV
The Acadia University Sensory Motor Instructional Leadership
Experience is a wonderful program that pairs over two hundred university
students with developmentally challenged children. We created a DVD and prepared
compressed video files for display on the S.M.I.L.E. web site.
Weymouth Medley 10 minutes, Mini DV
Larkman and Associates contracted this heritage video which includes the
aural history of the Weymouth area as told by elders who had lived their whole
lives there. We created a DVD with 100 minutes of interview material from the
elders. This is part of a video installation in the new Sissiboo Landing Centre
in Weymouth, Nova Scotia.
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