Selected Media Projects

  • Thumbs Up for Mother Universe

    Website: https://www.lonnieholleystory.com

    Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of  Lonnie Holley, a feature documentary on the remarkable musician and visual artist is currently screening in festivals, and will be ...

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  • Who’s That Stranger?

    The story of the man with the longest recording career in history.

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  • Will the Circle be Unbroken?

    The Peabody award-winning, 26-part Public Radio series.

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  • Goin’ to Chicago

    The story of the African American “Great Migrations.”

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  • Ten Thousand Points of Light

    A southern gothic Xmas with lights and Elvis

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  • Bananaland

    Co-writer, co-producer
    1988 Seven Stages Theater

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  • You Can’t Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover

    Writer/performer John O’Neal brings Junebug Jabbo Jones to life.

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  • Creative Compass Collective (CCC)

    George King is a founding member of CCC, which formed as a horizontal organization in March 2020. We are a collective of filmmakers and ...

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  • Seeing Color: Object, Light, & Observer

    Exploring color through paintings in the National Gallery’s collections.

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  • Indivisible

    Selected as one of 22 documentary artists to participate in this national touring exhibition, CD, and book (Local Heroes, Changing America W.W. Norton & Co.) on the development of grass roots democracy ...

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  • Murmur Track

    Audio track for a Habitat for Humanity exhibit on poverty and housing.

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  • Learning to Change

    Co-Writer/Producer
    30 min, video (1990) Southern Regional Council
    Local PBS and cable broadcasts

    The principals of public schools that received the Department of Education’s designation as ‘schools of excellence’ discuss their strategies for ...

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  • Word of Mouth

    A three-part radio documentary on storytelling by storytellers.

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  • Notes From Nicaragua

    A music video travelogue through post-revolutionary Nicaragua.

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  • Southern Network

    Director of Programming, responsible for writing and supervising the production of 80 hours of original programming (2 hours daily on two satellite feeds.) Southern Network was a pioneering, ad hoc network established ...

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  • Changing Decades

    Writer/Producer/Director
    22 min, video (1984) Southern Regional Council

    A brief investigation into what young Americans know about the history of the civil rights movement.

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  • Seleccionando Cuidado Infantil

    Co-Writer/Director
    14 min, video (1983) Ehrlich & King

    Information on how to choose the right childcare for your familia.

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  • Choice or Chance

    Writer/Co-Producer
    20 min, video (1982) Ehrlich & King

    Information for youth from veterans about registration, recruitment into the military, and the draft. Sponsored by a coalition of Bay Area peace organizations.

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  • Moving Up

    Writer/Co-Producer
    20 min, tape/slide (1981) Ehrlich & King

    Produced in the style of a telenovela, this informational tool was created for housing authorities to educate people about the Section 8 housing program.

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  • Aging: The Myths

    Writer/Producer/Editor
    60 min, audio (1978) National Public Radio (Crossroads)
    National broadcast

    A 60 minute radio documentary about aging made for the NPR series Crossroads.

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  • Talacre School Film

    Writer/Producer/Director
    90 min, 16mm, B & W (1975) Infilms/British Film Institute
    Screened at National Film Theater, Selected for the British National Film Archive.

    A feature-documentary about truancy in a London neighborhood and a ...

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  • Discovering Roots

    Writer/Producer/Director
    20 min, 16mm, color (1974) Infilms/Save the Children’s Fund

    Inter-Action, Britain’s noted community arts collective creates community gardens in the inner city.

     

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  • Big Red Van

    Writer/Producer/Director
    20 min, 16mm, color (1974) Infilms/Arts Council of Great Britain

    Inter-Action, Britain’s noted community arts collective launches a mobile community communications resource with the capacity to shoot, edit, and display: print, photos, ...

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  • Camp in Camden

    Co-producer
    25 min.,16mm, B&W (1973) Infilms
    Selected for the British National Film Archive.

    An urban ‘camp’ for at risk youth in the inner city.

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  • Let Piccadilly Live

    Writer/Producer/Director
    25 min,16mm, color (1972)

    A short documentary that gives voice to the residents and businesses opposed to plans to comprehensively re-develop London’s quirky Piccadilly Circus neighborhood.

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  • Dialogues On Art, Culture & Social Change

    Perspectives on contemporary art and social change.

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  • Habitat for Humanity exhibit on Poverty Housing

    https://www.georgeking-assoc.com/audio/01%20Habitat%20Poverty%20Housing%20Murmur%20Track.mp3

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  • Who Is telling Stories Today?

    From radio talk shows to TV preachers, psychiatrists to stand-up comedians; the final program looks at the impact of change and technology and the implications of a disappearing narrative tradition. These programs ...

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  • Where Do Stories Come From?

    The second part of the series assesses the origins, history and migrations of stories, and asks why narrative has always played such a prominent role in the southern states.

    “When you’re talking about ...

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  • Why Do People Tell Stories?

    From science and philosophy to the foundation of the major religions, from entertainment to personal revelations; the first program examines the need for narrative, the roles stories play in our lives.

    “Long before ...

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