Vita, STEPHEN MOST

Film and Video

NATURAL TREASURES Writer
2010—Hour-long documentary about conservation in the Bahamas. Bo Boudart, Director, Producer
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM VIDEOS Writer
2010—Three short videos for an exhibit on climate change
CRUZ REYNOSO: SOWING THE SEEDS OF JUSTICE Writer
2009— An hour-long documentary about an inspiring jurist. Abby Ginzberg, Director and Producer
RIVER OF RENEWAL Writer/Producer
2008— An hour-long documentary telling the story of the water and wildlife crisis in the Klamath Basin from the perspective of history. A Pikiawish Partners Production. Winner, Best Documentary Feature, American Indian Film Festival.
A SPAN IN TIME Consulting Writer
2008— An hour-long documentary telling the story of the Labor Day weekend Bay Bridge construction project. David L. Brown Productions.
LIVING WITH CHERNOBYL AND THE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR POWER Writer
2007—An hour-long documentary considering both the outcome of the Chernobyl disaster 20 years afterwards and its implications for the debate about nuclear power in light of global warming. Red Door Productions.
FIRE AND FOREST HEALTH Writer
2006—A DVD with a 30-minute program and five special features about fire and forest ecology. Produced by Malcolm North.
A LAND BETWEEN RIVERS Writer
2006—An hour-long history of Central California produced by Full Frame Productions for the Fresno County Historical Society in HDTV. Winner, CINE Golden Eagle Award.
THE BRIDGE SO FAR: A SUSPENSE STORY Writer
2005—An hour-long comedy news documentary about the San Francisco Bay Bridge replacement fiasco. David L. Brown Productions. Winner of two Emmy awards, including best documentary.
THE GREATEST GOOD Writer
2005—A two-hour documentary history of the U.S. Forest Service produced to celebrate the centennial of the Forest Service by the USDA.
OIL ON ICE Writer
2004—An hour-long documentary video and website about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the controversy over oil development there. A Lobitos Creek Ranch Production. Winner of Pare Lorentz Award,
BRIDGING WORLD HISTORY Writer
2003—Four programs in a 26-part series on world history produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Meighan Mahoney, series producer.
PROMISES Consulting Writer
2001—A feature-length documentary about children in and near Jerusalem—religious and secular Jews and Palestinians. An Academy Award nominee, PROMISES won many festival awards & two Emmys: Best Documentary and Outstanding Background Analysis and Research.
LIFE BEYOND EARTH Originator, Co-Producer
1999—Two-part series of hour-long science documentaries on the search for extraterrestrial life. Co-produced with KCTS/9, Seattle for national PBS broadcast.
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM FILM & VIDEOS Writer
1996—"RIVER OF THE WEST," a three-screen, twenty-minute film, and videos on logging and other kinds of work in Washington, a railroad story, the Native Heritage. Lawrence Johnson Productions.
DIFFERENT LENSES Writer
1996—Half-hour broadcast documentary about Edward Curtis and Asahel Curtis. Produced by KCTS/9, Seattle.
FREEDOM ON MY MIND Consulting Writer
1994—Feature-length documentary about the struggle for voting rights in Mississippi during the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. Academy Award nominee. Clarity Productions.
DOING JUSTICE: THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF ARTHUR KINOY Writer
1993—Fifty-minute biography of lawyer Arthur Kinoy whose work included a last-minute Rosenberg defense and a successful challenge to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Abby Ginzberg, Producer
BOUND BY THE WIND Writer
1993—85-minute documentary about the history of nuclear testing and the international campaign for a Comprehensive Test Ban. David L. Brown Productions
WONDERS OF NATURE Writer
1992—Hour-long film about the Grand Canyon, the Serengeti, the Sahara Desert, Iguazú Falls, the Amazon, Uluru, and the Himalayas. Winner of Emmys for best documentary and for cinematography. International Video Network & Readers' Digest
TIME FOR JUSTICE Writer
1992—Twenty-minute documentary about the impact of lawyers' pro bono work on a wide range of issues, from domestic violence to the incarceration of asylum-seekers. Abby Ginzberg, Producer for the American Bar Association
HEALTHY AGING Writer
1991—Hour-long television documentary for PBS broadcast and videocassette distribution. KCET-TV, Michael Wiese, Executive Producer
BERKELEY IN THE SIXTIES Writer
1990 Full-length documentary film about a generation's attempt to change the world. Academy Award nominee. Kitchell Productions
PLACES FOR THE SOUL Writer
1990 Half-hour documentary film about the architecture of Christopher Alexander.
Ruth Landy, Producer
THE POWER OF CHOICE Writer
1988 Eleven half-hour documentary television programs about issues concerning teenagers. Hosted by Michael Pritchard. Broadcast nationally on PBS, cassette distribution to high schools. Elkind and Sweet Communications
LAS MADRES: THE MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA Consulting Writer
1986 Hour-long documentary about the struggle of Argentinian mothers to recover their disappeared children. Academy Award nominee. Munoz Productions
PARTNERS IN PREVENTION Writer
1986 Two half-hour video documentaries that educate child-care providers in the prevention and handling of child abuse situations. Winner, Golden Apple, First Prize, 1988 National Educational Film Festival Ideas in Motion

Theater

FORCES OF NATURE Author
2007—original production as a staged reading at the Belding Theater in the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford, Connecticut.
A FREE COUNTRY Author
1996—original production. Two unemployed men meet in a shack on a rainy night in a Seattle Hooverville in 1930. Based on diorama dialogues written for the Washington State History Museum. Produced by Seattle's Group Theatre.
WATERSHED Author
1992—original production. A dramatization of the 1978 Salmon War on the Klamath River based on oral history interviews with a Yurok family. Tale Spinners Theater
CROSSING BORDERS Co-Author
1985—original production. A bilingual (English/Spanish) farce about a marriage of convenience between a Salvadoran refugee and a San Franciscan lesbian. San Francisco Mime Troupe
RAVEN'S SEED Author (Book and Lyrics)
1984—A musical about nuclear technology based on an American Indian myth. San Francisco production. Revised as a non-musical in 2010. Sansei Productions
OVER EASY Author
1982—original production. A bilingual play (Spanish and English) in the style of magical realism dramatizing illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. Produced in San Diego. Old Globe Theater
WHITEMAN MEETS BIGFOOT Dramaturg
1980—original production. A tale of two species based on a comic book by underground cartoonist R. Crumb. Toured California, extended engagement in San Francisco, and performances at Vancouver Expo. Dell'Arte Players Company
INTRIGUE AT AH-PAH Dramaturg
1980—original production. A comic detective drama that uncovers a real-life scandal on the Klamath River. Toured throughout California, extended engagement in Los Angeles. Dell'Arte Players Company
LOON'S RAGE Co-Author
1977—original production. A commedia dell'arte-style play in which environmentalist animals confront fanatic physicists at a nuclear power plant. Toured West Coast states and performed in Venice, Italy at the 1980 Biennalle Festival. Dell'Arte Players Company
POE Author
1971—original production. A horror play about the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Produced in Chicago. Evanston Drama Club award for best original play. Organic Theatre

Publications
A FREE COUNTRY Author
2009—first scene published in DUO! The Best Scenes for Two for the 21st Century, edited by Joyce Henry, Rebecca Jaroff and Bob Shuman
RIVER OF RENEWAL: MYTH AND HISTORY IN THE KLAMATH BASIN Author
2006—Co-published by the Oregon Historical Society Press and University of Washington Press
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY KLAMATH BASIN HISTORY Author
2003—Published on the OHS website: www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/histories.cfm
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST Author
1996—The history of Washington State as presented in the Washington State History Museum. Legacy Publications.
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM TEXTS Writer
1996—All of the texts for the new museum's permanent exhibition, including panels, flipbooks, and computer screen presentations on the natural setting and Indian languages. Washington State Historical Society and West Office Exhibition Design.
THE BROKEN CIRCLE: A SEARCH FOR WISDOM IN THE NUCLEAR AGE Editor
1988—Based on interviews with psychologists, politicians, scientists and spiritual leaders, this book examines the roots of nuclear conflict and prospects for the human future. Consulting Psychologists Press
ARTICLES Writer
1978—present. Articles for Pacific News Service, for the online Oregon Encyclopedia, and for publications including California History, In These Times, Oregon Times, and Columbia.