“A Dangerous Son,” “The Facebook Dilemma,” “Independent Lens: Dolores,” “Independent Lens: The Judge,” “The Jazz Ambassadors,” “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart,” “Minding the Gap” and “Pov: The Apology” have been selected as the documentary winners at the 2019 Peabody Awards, Variety has learned.
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors also named Kartemquin Films the winner of an Institutional Award for the company’s commitment to “unflinching documentary filmmaking,” as well as telling an “American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized.”
Kartemquin was founded as a non-profit collective in 1966 and has served as a home for filmmakers to develop their craft and produce films that promote dialogue and democracy ever since. The company is behind projects such as “Hoop Dreams,” in addition to this year’s Peabody winner “Minding the Gap.”
The eight documentary honorees, part of the Peabody 30, highlights stories centered on women, mental illness,...
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors also named Kartemquin Films the winner of an Institutional Award for the company’s commitment to “unflinching documentary filmmaking,” as well as telling an “American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized.”
Kartemquin was founded as a non-profit collective in 1966 and has served as a home for filmmakers to develop their craft and produce films that promote dialogue and democracy ever since. The company is behind projects such as “Hoop Dreams,” in addition to this year’s Peabody winner “Minding the Gap.”
The eight documentary honorees, part of the Peabody 30, highlights stories centered on women, mental illness,...
- 4/16/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors revealed Tuesday eight winners in the Documentary category for programs released in 2018. The honorees, part of the annual Peabody 30, include profiles of unsung activists like Dolores Huerta, Lorraine Hansberry. Topics explored by the winning documentaries also include the “comfort women” of World War II; the challenges faced by parents of children living with mental health issues; the healing that skateboarding provides for three young men transitioning into adulthood; and the powerful, unregulated influence of social media on democracy.
The board also named Kartemquin Films winner of an Institutional Award for its commitment to unflinching documentary filmmaking and telling an American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized. Founded in 1966 in Chicago as a nonprofit collective, Kartemquin has served as a home for filmmakers to develop their craft and produce films that promote dialogue and democracy. Driven by the passionate belief...
The board also named Kartemquin Films winner of an Institutional Award for its commitment to unflinching documentary filmmaking and telling an American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized. Founded in 1966 in Chicago as a nonprofit collective, Kartemquin has served as a home for filmmakers to develop their craft and produce films that promote dialogue and democracy. Driven by the passionate belief...
- 4/16/2019
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
The first Peabody Awards of 2019 were announced today, with eight documentaries being honored and Kartemquin Films set for an Institutional Award for its “commitment to unflinching documentary filmmaking and telling an American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized.”
The docus set as part of the 2019 Peabody 30 — six of which aired on public broadcasting stations — are HBO’s A Dangerous Son; Hulu’s Minding the Gap; and PBS’ Independent Lens: Dolores, Independent Lens: The Judge, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, Pov: the Apology, The Facebook Dilemma and The Jazz Ambassadors. Read details of the honorees below.
Other Peabody winners will be announced in the coming days: Entertainment/Children’s & Youth on April 18 and News/Radio & Podcast/Web/Public Service programming on April 23. All the 2019 Peabody recipients will be honored during a ceremony May 18 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
The docus set as part of the 2019 Peabody 30 — six of which aired on public broadcasting stations — are HBO’s A Dangerous Son; Hulu’s Minding the Gap; and PBS’ Independent Lens: Dolores, Independent Lens: The Judge, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, Pov: the Apology, The Facebook Dilemma and The Jazz Ambassadors. Read details of the honorees below.
Other Peabody winners will be announced in the coming days: Entertainment/Children’s & Youth on April 18 and News/Radio & Podcast/Web/Public Service programming on April 23. All the 2019 Peabody recipients will be honored during a ceremony May 18 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
- 4/16/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The 78th Peabody Awards Board of Jurors announced the eight documentary winners included in the Peabody 30 on April 16, including Hulu’s Academy Award-nominated skateboarding film “Minding the Gap.”
Other documentaries among the honorees include profiles of labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, African-American playwright and writer Lorraine Hansberry, the Middle East’s first female Sharia law judge, Kholoud Faqih, and the lives of three surviving “comfort women” of World War II. Other topics addressed by the documentaries include the challenges of raising children with mental illness, the failures of Facebook in an increasingly fraught political landscape, and the cultural legacy of jazz musicians around the world.
In addition to the documentaries, the board named Kartemquin Films winner of an Institutional Award for its commitment to documentary film-making for more than 50 years. A Chicago-based non-profit organization, Kartemquin describes itself as a “collaborative community that empowers documentary makers who create...
Other documentaries among the honorees include profiles of labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, African-American playwright and writer Lorraine Hansberry, the Middle East’s first female Sharia law judge, Kholoud Faqih, and the lives of three surviving “comfort women” of World War II. Other topics addressed by the documentaries include the challenges of raising children with mental illness, the failures of Facebook in an increasingly fraught political landscape, and the cultural legacy of jazz musicians around the world.
In addition to the documentaries, the board named Kartemquin Films winner of an Institutional Award for its commitment to documentary film-making for more than 50 years. A Chicago-based non-profit organization, Kartemquin describes itself as a “collaborative community that empowers documentary makers who create...
- 4/16/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have shared the 60 nominees for the group’s 78th annual awards. They represent 2018’s most compelling stories and are chosen from more than 1,200 entries available on television, radio, podcasts, and the web.
This year’s crop of TV shows include several newcomers, including HBO’s “Barry,” FX’s “Pose,” and Cartoon Network’s “Steven Universe,” as well as veteran series “The Americans” (winner for the 2014 Peabodys) and “The Good Place” (nominated for the 2017 Peabodys).
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
From the 60 nominees, which encompass entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming,...
This year’s crop of TV shows include several newcomers, including HBO’s “Barry,” FX’s “Pose,” and Cartoon Network’s “Steven Universe,” as well as veteran series “The Americans” (winner for the 2014 Peabodys) and “The Good Place” (nominated for the 2017 Peabodys).
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
From the 60 nominees, which encompass entertainment, news, documentary, children’s and public service programming,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Ronan Farrow is set to host the 78th Annual Peabody Awards, Variety has learned. Additionally, the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have announced this year’s 60 nominees across entertainment, news, podcasts, web and documentary categories.
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody, in a statement. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
Farrow is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and an investigative reporter and producer based at HBO. Most recently and notably, his reporting in The New Yorker exposed the first sexual-assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein and garnered him a Pulitzer Prize for public service, a National Magazine Award, and a George Polk Award,...
“It is our great honor to recognize the most powerful and compelling, but also most brilliant and creative programming of 2018,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, executive director of Peabody, in a statement. “Across genres and platforms, these are stories that help us make sense of our world, and locate our humanity in the joys and tragedies and struggles of people worldwide.”
Farrow is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and an investigative reporter and producer based at HBO. Most recently and notably, his reporting in The New Yorker exposed the first sexual-assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein and garnered him a Pulitzer Prize for public service, a National Magazine Award, and a George Polk Award,...
- 4/9/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Here comes summer TV! HBO's got a doc on a world-class athlete on the docket, as well as two much-touted TV movies over the course of four weeks. Speaking of premium cable: Showtime's ready to pull back the curtain on a nonfiction project from an Oscar nominee and an expensive-looking miniseries featuring a bona fide movie star. (Your time has come once more, Cumberbitches.) Even Starz is getting in on the action with a double-shot of envelope-pushers that put women first. Check out your best TV bets for May.
- 5/1/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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