Down Syndrome
Little Hébert
Posted July 19th, 2007 by Gretjen
Hébert Peck
It was a natural impulse, especially for a filmmaker like Hébert Peck, to document his wife, Kaz, as she went through her first pregnancy. Nine months and a day later, when their child Hebert Jr. was diagnosed with Down syndrome, the film became a haunting primer for parents and educators. "I went through the grieving and then I promised Hébert that I would never let him be segregated from the world," Ms. Peck said. "He was going to have everything that life offered." The video portrays the couple's fears, love and newly reconfigured outlook on life as a family.
Hébert Peck is an independent television producer. He has created television series, short form documentaries and web based projects for Rutgers University Television Network, a statewide closed circuit cable television and broadband Internet system. These programs air internationally through the ReseachChannel. Peck is the producer of Philadelphia Stories, a 13-hour series of documentaries and short films exploring the people, the places and things that make up the rich fabric of Philadelphia. A project of public television WYBE, Philadelphia Stories, now in its fifth season, features work by the regionís most talented film and video makers. Peck's personal work, including the award winning video essay Little Hébert, has been broadcast on PBS and screened at festivals nationally. For eight years Peck managed the operation of the Scribe Video Center in Philadelphia. He completed one term as the co-president on the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) and has served on an advisory capacity in such areas as film, video and multimedia production funding for the Rockefeller Foundation, the Independent Television Services (ITVS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
August 12, 1999 - "Street Movies Invite You to Connect To The Community", Chestnut Hill Local
September 26, 1999 - "In Person: The Underdog's Bulldog", by Lisa Suhay, The New York Times
1995 - Black Marial Film + Video Festival
July 16 & August 20, 1996 - Tuesday Night Specials, DUTV Cable 54, Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
February 13, 1998 - Five on the Black Hand Side, Scribe Video Center: A Retrospective, Painted Bride Art Center (Philadelphia, PA)
August 19, 1999 - Street Movies screening at the Water Tower Recreation Center (Philadelphia, PA)
May 23, 2004 - Sprout Film Festival (New York, NY)
May 18, 2006 - Western New York Developmental Disabilities Day Conference (Buffalo, NY)
