John and Rhoda Allen

serve as film and video director and production coordinator for The Communicators. This husband and wife teamwork is seen nationwide on PBS, has been distributed to schools and used by corporations for both training and marketing. Their special professional interest is in documentary and dramatic style productions that help people gain a greater awareness of the world around them and the potentials for their role within it.

One example is Switching Channels: Careers in Retail Baking, an award-winning career education video created by The Communicators for the Retailer's Bakery Association.

They also produced these award winning films and videos: The Columbia: River of Many Returns and The Mississippi River: On Course for the Army Corps of Engineers It's My Choice, dealing with teenage pregnancy Beyond Business as Usual, a study of how changing laws and technologies affect America's approach to hazardous waste Beyond Fear, an exploration of the human issues involved in the AIDS epidemic The Visit to the Sepulcher Spaceflight, a 4-part PBS series The Burghers of Calais A Cry of Pain, a look at the personal and family issues involving child abuse and Remember the Children, exhibits for the Holocaust Museum.

John holds a BA from Dartmouth, master's in teaching from Wesleyan University and master's in television and film from Northwestern University. Rhoda received her BA in education from the University of Michigan and completed advanced academic work at the University of Sheffield in England.