About the Director
Award-winning director and producer Ken Carpenter founded Franklin Films in 1994, and his clients have included Max Lucado, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Casting Crowns, eHarmony, Big Idea Productions, and Compassion International, among many others.
A pioneer in the Christian music video industry, some of Carpenter s credits include the Billboard Music Video Award-winning clip "The Hard Way, by dcTalk; Michael W. Smith s Dove Award-nominated There She Stands music video; and the Newsboys "In the Belly of the Whale" video from "Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie. Carpenter received the 2007 Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year for Time Again...Amy Grant Live, as well as the 2006 Dove Award for Long Form Music Video of the Year for Mark Schultz s A Night of Stories and Songs.
Recognizing a need for more biblically-grounded DVD selections for the home-centered marketplace, Carpenter recently founded Franklin Springs Family Media. Among the company s inaugural projects is Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story, a 48-minute High Definition documentary produced and directed by Carpenter. Recounting the life and faith of Civil War general Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, Still Standing traces the lasting impact of his legacy, from his orphaned childhood in what is now West Virginia; to the Sunday school class he taught for African Americans at his home church in Lexington, Virginia; to his military service as a general in the Confederate Army; to his death at the age of 39 after being shot by friendly fire.
Carpenter recently completed production on John Tesh: Piano, Gospel, Dance, a television special slated to air next year, and he is also producing and directing a half-hour television program hosted by acclaimed author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada. The High Definition show features families from around the country who have triumphed over extraordinary circumstances. Carpenter previously produced and directed programming for PAX-TV, as well as six episodes of Front Row Live for the Gospel Music Channel.
He and his wife are the parents of eight children, whom they home-school. They have been featured on Newsweek.com and on ABC s Nightline, as part of coverage on large families.
Product Description
This DVD will inspire you and your family with a wide historical range of Celtic, Maritime, and Early American songs. This live concert performance DVD captures music that will encourage families to gather, celebrate, sing, and rejoice together. Charlie, with his renowned and treasured baritone melodies, encourages audiences with music that speaks of joyous gatherings, the beauty of relationships, nobility, masculinity, femininity, and faith.<br />
Join Charlie and his band in an enriching evening that celebrates classic traditional melodies. Includes a live concert performance with a total of eighteen classic songs comprised of ninety minutes worth of music and bonus features.