Mick Caouette [email protected] 612-206-1195
EDUCATION
Hamline University, B.A, American History, Film Minor. Hamline University M.A., Film and History
TEACHING
Hamline University Adjunct Professor; Film Studies, Graduate Liberal Studies Program
SPEAKING AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA New York University, New York, NY University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN Hamline University, St. Paul MN Fergus Falls Community College, Fergus Falls MN Fox 9 TV, Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Historical Society, St Paul MN The Cosmos Club, Washington DC NPR, Baton Rouge, LA Q&A with Brian Lamb, C-SPAN The Contenders, Hubert Humphrey with Juan Williams C-SPAN The Thurgood Marshall Center, Washington DC University of Baltimore Law School St John’s Universtiy The Ted Mann Concert Hall St Cloud State University Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, USA
DOCUMENTARY FILM COLLABORATIONS
Associate Producer, The Scottsboro Boys, Court TV, 1998; Bronze Medal, 1999 New York Festivals; The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann, Court TV, 1999.
Producer, Restore Minnesota, for HGTV series Restore America with Bob Villa, 1999
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS, PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR
The Heart of Bassett Place: W. Gertrude Brown and the Wheatley House, 1999 A history of The Phyllis Wheatley Settlement House, once called “the greatest settlement house for Negroes in the United States.” Distributed by Films Media Group
Eugene J. McCarthy: Muses and Mementos, 2006 The film features interviews with one of the most interesting political figures of 20th Century American history. Distributed by Films Media Group
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible, 2010 The first comprehensive documentary film produced on this important American statesman. Released on PBS, October 2010. Distributed by PBS Distribution
Mr Civil Rights: Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP 2014 A film study of the early years of one of the most important Civil Rights heroes in American history. Released on PBS, October 2014. Distributed by PBS Distribution
SPECIAL FILM PRESENTATIONS
25th Anniversary of the Carlson Lecture Series, 2005 President Bill Clinton, Keynote Speaker
Vice President Walter Mondale lecture, 2005, Ted Mann Theatre, University of Minnesota
Screening of The Art of the Possible, Cosmos Club, 2011
Special screening, The Art of the Possible, for employees at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington DC, with Secretary Kathleen Sebellius. 2011.
INSTALLATIONS
Hubert H. Humphrey, 2005, U of M, Humphrey Institute library kiosks
John Thomas, Immigrant Resettlement Pioneer, 2005, Minnesota History Center
CURATING/CONSULTING
Minnesota Historical Society, 1996-2010
FILM REVIEWS
Eugene J. McCarthy: Muses and Mementos, City Pages, Minneapolis, MN, 2006
Eugene J. McCarthy: Muses and Mementos, Journal of American History, 2007
Hubert H Humphrey; The Art of the Possible Bill Moyers, Moyersmedia 2010
Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible Politico.com 2010
Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible Steve Scully, C-SPAN 2010
Hubert H Humphrey; The Art of the Possible Various reviews on shoppbs.org and Amazon.com 2010
Mr Civil Rights: Various on-line reviews and Amazon.com
FILM GRANTS
Minnesota Historical Society 2001
Minnesota Humanities Commission 2001
South Dakota Humanities Commission 2001
The Andreas Foundation 2003
Public Affairs Television 2003
Schumann Center for Media and Democracy 2006, 2013
Hubert H Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs 2010
Maine Humanities 2012
Mass Humanities, 2012
Hamline University 2001
The University of Minnesota 2009
The Minnesota AFL/CIO 2003
PUBLICATIONS
The Life of John Thomas, The Minneapolis Spokesman Newspaper, 2002
Minnesota 150, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007
The Crisis Magazine, (interview) 2014