In January of 1987 the television reviewer for the Dallas Times Herald wrote of Kell Kearns’ groundbreaking biography of Martin Luther King, Jr that it“works on almost too many levels to talk about”. The phrase captures the essence of the truth and beauty Kearns has brought to the screen in 14 independent productions, and now brings to Rumi Returning.

Kell began as a radio talk show host at the age of 23 while attending Dallas Baptist University. Since then he has conducted hundreds of broadcast interviews with the most notable people of our time to include Ronald Reagan, Muhammed Ali, and Archbishop Tutu.

In 1977 Kearns took his first position as TV news reporter with the CBS affiliate in Boise, Idaho. He returned to Dallas in 1979 to anchor local news and host a weekly entertainment broadcast magazine.

In 1984 Kearns quit local news and formed Idanha Films, a national television and film production company. THE ARMS RACE WITHIN, about a Gandhian community that, through the power of Love, stopped a train carrying 160 nuclear bombs, was broadcast nationally on PBS.

In Remembrance of Martin, Kearns’ biography of Dr. King, set a new standard for television documentaries. The review by The Washington Post was prophetic: “A genuine jewel that should be shown regularly in every home and school.” Twenty years after its national debut on PBS, it is still broadcast every year on cable during the King holiday. The home video resides in thousands of schools and libraries.

The Healing of Brian Willson was about war in Central America.“Another masterpiece of nonviolence,” wrote Fellowship magazine.

In 1990, Kearns directed Breakthrough, a visionary concert film with Kris Kristofferson. First broadcast on PBS through the Central Education Network, it was re-released on home video in 2004 by ‘OH Boy Records.

November, 2005 marked the release of The Consciousness of the Christ: Reclaiming Jesus for a New Humanity, written, directed and narrated on the screen by Kearns. This documentary, co-produced with his partner in One Heart Media, Cynthia Lukas, was booked into more than 100 churches, conferences, and schools across the United States with Kearns lecturing at many of those.

In 2006 he followed with a sought after sequel about the new, expansive Christianity, The Coming of the Divine Child of Humankind.

The most recent collaboration, the epic biography, Rumi Returning, was filmed in HD on location in Turkey.