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 Accolades and Tributes    The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards honored PROMISES with two Emmys: Best Documentary of 2001, and Outstanding Background Analysis of a Single Current Story - Long Form. Congratulations to the producers, Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos Bolado!  On September 17, Congresswoman and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hosted a reception on Capitol Hill to honor ITVS's 11 years of service to public television. Congratulations to producer Stanley Nelson (A PLACE OF OUR OWN), who was named a 2002 MacArthur Fellow for his "signature style and distinctive cinematic voice" and for "raising awareness of the pervasive influence of the African American experience on our common historical and cultural heritage." The fellowship includes a $500,000 five-year grant from the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation. Marco Williams and Whitney Dow received the Anthony Radziwill Documentary Achievement Award for TWO TOWNS OF JASPER, presented during the 2002 IFP Gotham Awards.
Tributes Senator Paul Wellstone 1944-2002 We mourn the death of Paul Wellstone, a true friend of public television. Wellstone fought tirelessly for social and economic justice throughout his life and was a dedicated supporter of ITVS. As Rabbi Michael Lerner said, "Paul Wellstone was a mensch among mice." We will miss him. Filmmaker Eagle Pennell 1953-2002 A pioneer of independent, regional filmmaking, Eagle Pennell's films included The Whole Shootin' Match (1978) and Last Night at the Alamo (1983). At the time of his death Pennell was working on MY DOG BIT ELVIS with research and development funds from ITVS. Pennell's death is a loss to the independent film community, though his influence on contemporary American cinema lives on. |
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