The Television Academy announced the winners of the 17th annual Television Academy Honors, which recognizes seven television programs and their producers “that have harnessed the extraordinary power of storytelling to propel social change,” according to the ‘Academy.
The winners are four unscripted series and three scripted series: 1000% Me: Growing up mixed, The 1619 Project, A little light, BEEF, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, Heart stroke And Lakota Nation vs. United States.
“This year’s honorees harnessed the power of the medium to spark meaningful conversations and create social impact,” said Cris Abrego, president of the Television Academy. “We honor their commitment to authentic, evocative storytelling that addresses important social issues that affect global audiences.”
Scott Freeman, governor of the Reality Programming Peer Group, chaired this year’s Television Academy Honors selection committee with Bobbi Banks, governor of the Sound Editors Peer Group, serving as vice chair.
Banks added, “The Academy Honors Selection Committee was delighted to receive many extraordinary nominations for this award. While all are deserving of congratulations and determining the final winners was a difficult responsibility, this year’s deserving recipients delivered powerful and thought-provoking stories that resonate with viewers around the world,” Freeman said. “This honor recognizes the passion and commitment of all those in front of and behind the camera to fuel social and cultural transformation. »
Recipients of the honors will be celebrated at a ceremony May 23 at Citizen News in Hollywood.
See below for more information on this year’s winners.
1000% Me: Growing up mixed (Get Lifted Film Company; HBO Documentary Films)
Directed by four-time Emmy winner W. Kamau Bell, this documentary explores what it means to grow up mixed race in America through conversations with multiracial children and their families in the San Francisco Bay Area, including his own . Bell addresses the joys and challenges of being multiracial in a country still deeply divided by race. (HBO|Max)
The 1619 Project (Harpo; Lionsgate Television; One Story Up Productions; The New York Times; Onyx Collective)
This Emmy Award-winning nonfiction series is a dramatic expansion of the “1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe America’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the national narrative, addressing issues related to racial justice, economic justice, reproductive justice, racism, democracy, criminal justice and reparations. (Hulu)
A little light (Byline ABC; Keshet Studios; National Geographic)
Starring Bel Powley and Liev Schreiber, this Emmy-nominated limited series follows the remarkable story of Miep…
