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The Secret of Our Lives

MonaInk/Steven Richardson Co-production
Production/Edit Script Writer: Mona Kanin
Director/Editor: Steven Richardson
D.P.: Mark Traver
Created for the Human Genome Project

A 16 minute introduction to the complicated issues of the Human Genome Project for a general audience, including high school students. The goal is to intrigue viewers and to convey how the research will change our lives—in an imaginative rather than a didactic way. The piece won five major, national awards.

Science Knows No Country

Producer, Director, Writer: Mona Kanin
Editor: Ralph Quattrucci
D.P.: Mark Traver
Composer: Erin O'Hara
Created for The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

On location in Niger, we look at noma, a tragic disease of early childhood that is disfiguring and fatal.

In the Province of Cebu, The Philippines we follow an American pediatrician and geneticist, Jeff Murray, as he seeks to unlock the genetic secrets of another disfiguring condition—cleft lips and palates.

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)

Producer, Director, Writer: Mona Kanin
Editor: Trac Vu
D.P.: Lloyd Handwerker
Composer: Erin O'Hara

The film showcases the best of SEOs: its reputation for excellence and stress on effectiveness, its focus on developing leadership, its proactive stance in the community, and its deep-seated tradition of embracing diversity in scholarship and the workplace.

Scholar Rescue Fund

Post Producer/Writer: Mona Kanin
Editor: Satoko Sugiyama
Created for the Institute of International Education

When scholars come into conflict with the status quo in closed societies, they may be accused falsely of crimes against the state, spied upon, imprisoned, brought before firing squads.The Scholar Rescue Fund works to ensure that academically qualified scholars whose lives or works are imperiled are offered opportunities to continue their work in safe-havens, and eventually, when possible, return to their homelands.

Open Wide

Producer/Writer: Mona Kanin
Editor: Steven Richardson
D.P.: Gary Grieg
Created for the National Institute of Dental Craniofacial Research

This short film celebrates the relationship between creativity, scientific research, and progress. It was made in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of NIDCR.

Childrens Hospital LA

Producer/Writer: Mona Kanin
For Point7West

CHLA does compelling work—serving families in a major urban center, developing trust in the community, insuring excellent care for children. Kanin worked closely with the CHLA development office to craft narration and interviews that were as gripping as the mission.

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