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Emmys for POV Docs

July 16th, 2008 • Agnes Varnum • 2 comments • Related Posts • Tags

No stranger to the , announced six nominations for films in the series. From the press release:

P.O.V., public ’s premier showcase for independent point-of-view films, has received six nominations in the 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® . The nominees were announced today by the National Academy of Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Michael Apted’s 49 UP was nominated for Outstanding Interview; Ralph Arlyck’s Following Sean received two nominations, for Best Documentary and for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Writing; and three P.O.V. films were nominated for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form: Libby, Montana; Made in L.A.; and Rain in a Dry Land. PBS led the pack this year with 38 nominations, more than any other broadcast or cable network.

Other nominees in the Best Documentary category: Operation Homecoming by Richard Robbins, Two Hands by Nathaniel Kahn, What Remains: The Life & Work of Sally Mann by Steven Cantor, To Die in Jerusalem by Hilla Medalia, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life by Robert Levi and The Killer Within by Macky Alston.

Congrats to all, but special warm fuzzies to my friends Macky Alston, Doug Hawes-Davies, Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar. I love when good things happen to great people!

Dual Emmys Awarded for Best Doc

September 25th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags

Shake Hands With the Devil, Peter Raymont’s haunting story of UN General Romeo Dallaire’s return to Rwanda 10 years after he led a peace-keeping force there during the genocide, and God Sleeps in Rwanda by Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman, the story of women rebuilding their lives and country in the genocide’s aftermath, were co-presented with the Emmy Award for Best Documentary by the National Academy of Arts & Sciences at yesterday’s News & Documentary presentation. Raymont’s film was broadcast on The Documentary Channel and the Acquarno/Sherman film appeared on Cinemax Reel Life. See the full list of award winners. PBS was the clear network winner with a whopping 9 for shows produced for public .

I’d be curious, if any of my readers were at the ceremony, to hear what the comments were about co-honoring these films about the Rwandan genocide?

The Special Christmas Box

July 19th, 2007 • Agnes Varnum • Comments Off • Related Posts • Tags

In honor of the Emmy nomination for Best Original Music and Lyrics for Justin Timberlake’s SNL Digital Short, A Special Christmas Box (Uncensored), I think I’ll just make this week a blog vacation. Congrats, SexyBack. Hat-tip to Karina Longworth for the news!