History & Current Affairs
Eaton Creative produces many different programming genres, but history & current affairs -- and that area where past and present meet -- is President/CEO Leo Eaton's passion. Along with series producing 19 hours of high-profile current affairs programming for PBS's AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS initiative, Eaton has worked with famed British historian Michael Wood on the majority of his projects for more than 15 years. While Eaton has an extensive track record with high-end dramatic reenactment, he and Wood prefer to bring history alive by finding scenes in the present to parallel and creative a living link with the past. All programs listed below make use of this "history in the present" style of filmmaking.
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THE STORY OF INDIA.
6 one-hour programs with Michael Wood. An epic journey
to uncover the fabulous sights and sounds, the dazzling
achievements and the dramatic history of the world’s oldest,
richest and most influential civilisation. Yet India's
also a rising military and economic powerhouse, set to
become one of the leading world economies of the 21st Century.
How did India come to be? What is India? Where is India
going? These are the big questions Michael Wood sets out
to answer in this BBC/PBS co-production. Airing on PBS Fall 2008. Leo Eaton executive producing for Maya
Vision International.
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| AMERICA AT A CROSSROADS - is a major 12-hour public television event hosted by veteran newsman Robert MacNeil. The series, which premiered on PBS over six consecutive nights in April 2007, explores the challenges confronting America in the post-9/11 world -- including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on America's role overseas. Seven additional America at a Crossroads special programs will roll out on PBS through the fall of 2007 and winter/spring of 2008. Produced through WETA, Leo Eaton is Series Producer. |
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SEARCH OF MYTHS & HEROES. 4 one-hour
programs, written & hosted by Michael Wood, seeking
the history and the journeys behind four of the world’s
greatest myths. Programs are JASON & THE GOLDEN
FLEECE, SHANGRI-LA, THE QUEEN OF SHEBA & THE
SEARCH FOR ARTHUR. Aired in UK on BBC-2 in February 2005.
Aired on PBS November 2005. Leo Eaton executive producing
for Maya
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| IN SEARCH OF SHAKESPEARE. 4 one-hour programs in which writer/host Michael Wood, with the help of the
Royal Shakespeare Company and other insightful experts, unravels the mystery
surrounding the life of this ‘most famous Englishman’. Through his plays
and the turbulent times in which he lived, Wood brings Shakespeare into focus.
Leo Eaton executive produced this BBC/PBS co-production for Maya Vision International. |
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IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT IRELAND. (3 one-hour
programs that span the life of Ireland from the Stone Age to the Norman
invasions of the 11th Century AD. Ancient Ireland is the land of Celtic
mysticism, mythical heroes, shamrocks, and St. Patrick. But what is truth
and what is legend? To find out, IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT IRELAND journeys
across the centuries to explore fabled Erin's remarkable past and uncover
the real story behind the island nation's rich global legacy. Through modern-day
festivals, surviving ceremonies, story-tellers, street performers, compelling
experts and stunning location photography, this series finds modern-day
parallels to tell the story of four thousand years of history. Narrated
by noted Irish actor Gerard McSorley, the series was an RTE (Ireland)/PBS
co-production. Leo Eaton series produced, wrote and directed for Eaton
Creative (as Café), WNET and Little Bird Television. |
| CONQUISTADORS. 4 one-hour programs in which writer/host Michael Wood travels in the footsteps
of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers to Amazonia to Lake Titicaca
and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. Along
the way Wood experiences first-hand the reality of epic journeys made by
these conquistadors in their attempts to bring all the Americas under Spanish
domination, and the heroic fight by many American rulers to defend their
empires. Individual programs focus on the journeys of Cortéz, Pizarro, Orellana & Cabeza de Vaca. Leo Eaton executive produced this BBC/PBS co-production for
Maya Vision International. |
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