The Peabody Awards has named Watchmen, Dickinson, StrangerThings and WhenTheySeeUs among this year's winners
The nods mark the first Peabody wins for Apple TV+ , which just launched in late 2019, and Oprah Winfrey's OWN network .Apollo 11; For Sama; Hale County This Morning, This Evening; Surviving R. Kelly; The Edge of DemocracyThe Simpsonsas recipients of its institutional awards, given to programs that have made a significant impact on media programming and the cultural landscape.
Although judged earlier this spring, seven of this year's winners focus on racial issues within the criminal justice system, including. Other winners that tackle police problems includePeabody is also producing a special with PBS featuring a conversation with all 10 directors of this year's winning documentaries. Sundance director Tabitha Jackson will moderate panels with the filmmakers around the issues their projects explore.
Creator Alena Smith lovingly and playfully embraces anachronism, bringing a contemporary sense, sensibility, and soundtrack to 19th-century New England and the world of poet Emily Dickinson. Hailee Steinfeld offers a standout performance in a show that excels at being fun while crackling with energy and wild originality.
In this intimate exploration of the everyday lives of African Americans in rural Alabama through artistically rendered vignettes, director RaMell Ross captures the feel, atmosphere, fiber and culture of a community rarely seen on film.POV: Inventing Tomorrow Simon Lereng Wilmont’s beautiful, moving, and nuanced documentary chronicles life in a war zone through the eyes of a child. The story of an Eastern Ukrainian boy and his fiercely devoted grandmother pits the harsh realities of war against the innocence of childhood in a gracefully edited collection of cinéma vérité moments.POV: The Silence of Others
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