David Sanford Adams
David Sanford Adams is an international documentary filmmaker dedicated to creating meaningful and engaging programming for Public Media audiences. For the past 25 years, He has worked at South Carolina Educational Television and is currently a Senior Producer Director. In addition to working on personal projects and freelance productions, he enjoys travelling, camping and attending concerts with his wife and son.
Throughout his career he has immersed himself in every aspect of video production and culminated his experience as a seasoned videographer and digital non-linear editor into writing, producing and directing multiple award-winning national educational programs and series. His accomplishments are a range of projects from historical documentaries, arts magazine shows, kids science, technology and health programming, to multiple promotional campaigns. He also is responsible for packaging series for national broadcast, as well as directing live national newsfeeds for every news network imaginable. Adams’ work has garnered him Emmy’s, several Telly’s and National Educational Television Association Awards.
Production credits include:
Stories
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Beyond Barbados: From Whence They Came, Part 6
June 17, 2019Gullah is the blending of all the cultures that came together during that horrible time in human history called the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The connection between Barbados and South Carolina is still prevalent today, especially in the Lowcountry: everything from the... -
Beyond Barbados: A Cultural Hearth, Part 5
June 14, 2019The success of Barbados, Carolina, America, the New World for that matter is coterminous with slavery. The labor, the technology, the ingenuity, and the culture that supported this global economy is attributable to the enslavement of African people. Within this society is... -
Beyond Barbados: Colony of a Colony, Part 4
June 13, 2019Most of the colonists who settled in Carolina were wealthy English planters, with names such as Middleton, Drayton, Colleton, and Yeamans. The vast wealth accrued in Carolina was due to the success of rice plantations, and from trade between Carolina and Barbados. These... -
Beyond Barbados: The Barbados Adventures, Part 3
June 12, 2019With the success of the sugarcane crop, Barbados quickly became the wealthiest colony in the New World, and the most densely populated place on the planet. Successful colonists lived lavish lifestyles, however, it came at a price: the island experienced total deforestation... -
Beyond Barbados: Sweet Success, Part 2
June 11, 2019Dutch Sephardic Jewish colonists moved from Brazil to Barbados to escape the religious persecution of the Spanish Inquisition. These Sephardic Jews brought with them the knowledge to produce a highly sought after commodity in Europe: Sugarcane. The production of sugarcane... -
Beyond Barbados: In the Beginning, Part 1
June 10, 2019Most people today understand that the Carolinas were colonized by the English who had come to the Charleston area by way of Caribbean trade routes, primarily Barbados. The story of Barbados is as unique as the island itself. Like the United States, Barbados is an amalgam of...
