Glenn Baker
Bio:
Glenn Baker is a writer-producer with more than 40 documentaries broadcast on PBS exploring global security issues. The scene on "One Nation, Many Voices" is from "Stand Up: Muslim-American Comics Come of Age," a one-hour documentary airing on PBS stations nationwide on Monday, Jan. 28th, 2008 at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (check local listings). It is part of the ongoing series "America at a Crossroads." Previously he was Senior Producer for "Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria," a weekly international affairs program on PBS. He was Executive Producer for Azimuth Media for the FRONTLINE program "Missile Wars," and wrote and produced "Arming the Heavens," a documentary on the weaponization of space. His film "Our Strange Love Affair with the Bomb" explored the lighter side of nuclear weapons. His productions on the military and the media, arms marketing, Cuba, conflict prevention, and firearms violence have been recognized with more than a dozen national awards. Baker grew up in Asia and the Middle East in a foreign service family, and lived in Muslim cultures for seven years (Turkey, Pakistan, and Tunisia). He is the president of Potomac Media Works Inc.
Location:
Washington, DC
Films by this Filmmaker
 | Stand Up: Muslim-American Comics Come of Age
   Documentary | 03:29
At a time when Americans of Middle Eastern origin were advised to lay low, some chose to stand up -- and crack jokes. This clip, featuring comedian Ahmed Ahmed, is from a one-hour documentary airing on PBS that “profiles” five rising comics. |
