Born in Vancouver, Canada, Kerry Candaele grew up in Lompoc, a small working-class town on the central coast of California with one too many Wal-Marts. Mr. Candaele worked in the fields and factories around Lompoc before finding that reading books was more pleasurable than standing at a conveyor belt.

After attending Chico State College, U.C. Santa Barbara, and Columbia University--where he was a Richard Hofstader Fellow in U.S. history--Kerry taught history and politics at various colleges including Occidental College and Cal State Dominguez Hills in California.

Before coming to Brave New Films, Mr. Candaele worked for the Democracy Council, a Los Angeles-based NGO, concentrating on democracy-building projects all over the Middle East, Central America, and South East Asia, including East Timor.

He is the author of two books on U.S. history, and many articles in both popular and academic periodicals. He resides in Venice, California, with his wife and three daughters.

See Also: Kerry's experience in Shenzhen China, and with victims of crime in Wal-Mart parking lots.