
Ken Verdoia
Acting
Biography
Kenneth L. Verdoia is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for the Communication Department in the University of Utah with five videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1992 Debate as a Senior Producer for KUED-TV (Salt Lake City, UT). He is known for his work on Joe Hill (2000), Shades of Gray: Caring for the Aging in Utah (1991) and Topaz (1987).
Known For

In the very core of Salt Lake City, two special downtown blocks serve as a mirror. Just a handful of acres of land hold more than 150 years of the Utah story. On planners' maps, they're known as Salt Lake City Blocks 75 and 76. But to generations who have worked, lived, and played along their streets, Blocks 75 and 76 are a world unto themselves.
Salt Lake City: A Downtown Story

Documents the denial of rights to American citizens of Japanese descent who were forced from their homes to Utah's desert rangeland during World War II. This documentary discusses internment, contains interviews with former internees, and has footage of Topaz from Dave Tatsuno's movie filmed during camp.
Topaz

To children living in the rubble of post-war Germany, it was candy from heaven. Some saw it as a sign that somebody in America cared about them. To Colonel Gail “Hal” Halvorsen, who became known worldwide as the Candy Bomber, the Berlin Airlift was healing balm on the wounds of war. He and his fellow American pilots dropped more than two million tons of supplies and 23 tons of candy to German citizens and children during the Berlin Airlift. KUED presents the inspiring story of the Utah pilot whose simple gesture of goodwill won the hearts of a former enemy and made him a hero to people around the world.
The Candy Bomber

When its existence was announced in the summer of 2004, Range Creek Canyon triggered worldwide interest in a special parcel of land wedged in a remote corner of Utah. Hundreds, if not thousands, of ancient sites of the now-vanished Fremont Indians had been discovered on the land. It was an archaeological treasure trove.