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| A Huey P. Newton Story: Peabody Award Winner |
PBS Leads Broadcast and Cable Networks With Eight Peabody Awards
Atlanta, GA -- March 27, 2002 -- PBS was the big winner in today's 61st Annual George Foster Peabody Awards announcement tallying eight wins, more than any other broadcast and cable network. The announcement was made this morning at the Georgia Public Television (GPTV) studios. Walter Cronkite will host the presentation ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City on May 20.
The Peabody Awards are administered by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Seven public television programs were honored and PBS station WGBH Boston received an individual Peabody for "an example of the best in public television." National Public Radio (NPR) was also honored with three Peabody awards. The PBS winners are as follows:
American Masters: F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams
Thirteen/WNET (New York), presented on PBS
For chronicling the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of America's greatest novelists, in images as lyrical and inventive as his prose
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre: Talking Heads II: Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet
Slow Motion Ltd. production for the BBC, presented on PBS
A poignant performance of the richly complicated life of a middle-aged, middle-class Englishwoman
Still Life with Animated Dogs
Independent Television Service (ITVS) and Paul & Sandra Fierlinger, AR&T Associates, Inc., presented on PBS
A visually delightful animated documentary that becomes a metaphor for the human spirit
Endgame in Ireland
Brook Lapping Productions for BBC2 in association with WGBH/Boston, RTE (Ireland), La Sept ARTE (France and Germany), SBS (Australia) and YLE (Finland), to be presented on PBS
An extended exploration of the realities of international peace negotiations
A Huey P. Newton Story
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Luna Ray Films, BLACK STARZ!, in association with PBS, African Heritage Network, presented by KQED San Francisco on PBS
A mesmerizing portrait of the complex co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense that captures the turbulence of the 1960s
The First Year
Teachers Documentary Project, presented on PBS
A passionate record of the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of five novice teachers, educating its viewers to life on the front lines of contemporary public education
WGBH
Boston, Mass.
An example of the best in public television, this preeminent organization has served its community, the nation and the world with outstanding productions and collaborations
The official Peabody release and complete list of winners is available at peabody.uga.edu.
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private, nonprofit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 349 public television stations. Serving nearly 90 million people each week, PBS enriches the lives of all Americans through quality programs and education services on noncommercial television, the Internet and other media. More information about PBS is available at PBS.org, the leading dot-org Web site on the Internet.
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