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ROBERT RICHTER VIDEO/FILMOGRAPHY

To learn more about any these productions or to book Robert Richter for an appearance with one or more of his productions, e-mail: rrprod@aol.com

  • AGE OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES, THE   Artificial intelligence, science museum film with Stevie Wonder, for Kurzweil Foundation
  • AMERICAN WHEAT: DESTINATION VIETNAM   Gift of food to orphans of war, for Church World Service
  • ASBESTOS ALERT Studs Terkel narrates OSHA documentary on strategies for safety and health
  • BACKLASH IN THE WILD   Loggers, ranchers, miners and developers in TBS Audubon special
  • BANKING ON LIFE AND DEBT-UPDATE 2000   Martin Sheen narrates short version of The Money Lenders(see below)
  • BEN SPOCK, BABY DOCTOR   PBS "Nova" biography of famed pediatrician, author and peace activist
  • BUSINESS OF HUNGER, THE Short version of "Hungry for Profit" (see below)
  • CAN TROPICAL RAINFORESTS BE SAVED? The first global look at this global issue, a PBS prime-time special
  • CBS News Inquiry: THE WARREN REPORT Four one-hours on the official version of the JFK assassination, with Walter Cronkite
  • CBS News Special: VIETNAM & THE PRIMARIES First network look at hawks vs. doves splitting America, with correspondent Roger Mudd
  • CBS News: 1968 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES News features with Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace and others
  • CBS Reports BULLDOZED AMERICA   First network documentary look into major environmental issues, with correspondent Charles Kuralt
  • CBS Reports: NEW YORK BATTLEGROUND   Robert Kennedy's controversial race for US Senate, with correspondent Eric Sevareid
  • CHANGING COURSE: WOMEN & EDUCATION   Equal opportunities for women, for US Dept. of Education
  • CITY OUT OF WILDERNESS   Washington, DC, history for U.S. Capitol Historical Society--an Academy Award nominee
  • COME OUT SHINING! Youth-adult partnership in a troubled mid-western city, an innovative social experiment
  • CONVICTIONS: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE Non-violent human rights activists face federal prison
  • CROSSING THE LINE   Susan Sarandon narrates, Martin Sheen speaks out in human rights documentary of SOA Watch demonstration
  • DEMOCRATS RESPOND, THE   CBS prime-time special "equal time" for Democratic Party vs. Richard Nixon
  • DO NOT ENTER: THE VISA WAR AGAINST IDEAS  Denying US visas on political grounds, a PBS prime time special
  • EATING THE SCORPION  American teachers visit China for the first time, an experience that transforms them and their students
  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: A BEGINNING Innovative techniques, for US Department of Education
  • FAMILY AND SURVIVAL   Phil Donahue's NBC prime-time special on US family disintegration
  • FATHER ROY: INSIDE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS  Struggle to find and reveal truth about torture training at SOA, narrated by Susan Sarandon
  • FIVE DAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD  Student activists create agenda for their own future, at the world's largest peace conference;  Martin Sheen narrates
  • FOOD FOR A SMALL PLANET   Affluence and waste, an independent short documentary
  • FOR EXPORT ONLY: PESTICIDES    Prohibited and restricted agricultural products sold without proper information
  • FOR EXPORT ONLY: PHARMACEUTICALS   Prohibited and restricted medical products sold without proper information
  • THE GIFTS   Water pollution in the US, Academy Award nominee. "The most beautiful film on ugliness ever made"
  • GODS OF METAL   Anti-nuclear activists in the US at the height of the Cold War, an Academy Award nominee
  • GROWING UP   Teens and their problems, an Iowa public TV series
  • GUNS AND GREED   Links SOA to World Bank/IMF policies in Central American sweat shops
  • HEADLINE REACTION   Weekly Oregon public TV panel discussion series on major issues 
  • HHH WHAT MANNER OF MAN  Hubert Humphrey biography, for his 1968 campaign for President
  • HOSTAGE!   "Closeup" with ABC correspondent Peter Jennings on hostage taking and terrorism
  • HUNGRY FOR PROFIT   PBS independent look at global agribusiness and its human and environmental impact
  • IN OUR CARE   Oregon public TV film series on state prisons, hospitals, schools for handicapped
  • IN OUR HANDS   One million people protest with one voice: Stop the nuclear arms race, independent feature
  • INCIDENT AT BROWNS FERRY   Nuclear power and safety for PBS NOVA, DuPont Columbia award
  • INCREASE AND MULTIPLY?   A TBS special on family planning in developing world
  • THE LAST ATOMIC BOMB Nuclear proliferation, a Nagasaki survivor and students campaign for nuclear abolition today. The New York Times: "Deeply affecting." ISBN 1-57448-160-6
  • LINUS PAULING CRUSADING SCIENTIST   A PBS "Nova" biography of only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes, one for chemistry, the other for peace
  • MATH FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLDS   Innovative techniques for children, for Francis Thompson Inc.
  • THE MONEY LENDERS: UPDATE 2000  Critical look at World Bank and IMF. Too hot for PBS, prime-time everywhere else.
  • NEW PATRIOTS, THE   A Congressional Medal of Honor winner and other U.S. military veterans speak out on terrorism, patriotism and their transformation into peace activists.
  • ON THE RUN   Teenage runaways and programs to help them, for US Department of Health, Education and Welfare
  • OREGON REPORTS   Weekly Oregon public television series on local issues
  • OUTER SPACE: CAN WE AFFORD TO GO?   With Walter Cronkite, a Discovery channel prime-time special
  • A PLAGUE ON OUR CHILDREN   Investigation for "Nova"/PBS of dioxin, PCBs and the regulation of toxic waste
  • PROJECT SECOND CHANCE   PBS prime-time look at help for high school dropouts, for Arkansas public tv
  • RIGHT TO READ, THE   Illiteracy in the US and programs to help, a Francis Thompson Inc film for US Department of Education
  • TIME TO ABOLISH WAR Highlights of world's largest peace conference, for Hague Appeal for Peace
  • UNDER THE GUN: DEMOCRACY IN GUATEMALA   Civilian rule after decades of dictators, PBS independent
  • VIETNAM: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY  First look by US filmmaker at postwar Vietnam
  • VISION   Television magazine segments for United States Information Agency (USIA)
  • WHAT PRICE CLEAN AIR? PBS prime time special on fight over the Clean Air Act, a National Emmy finalist
  • WHO SHOT PRESIDENT KENNEDY? Walter Cronkite narrates PBS "Nova" on forensic science re-examining the evidence
  • WHITE LIGHT, BLACK RAIN HBO special on destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, screened at Sundance 2007. Executive Producers Robert Richter and Sheila Nevins

To learn more about any Richter production, e-mail: rrprod@aol.com