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War Dance Nominated for Two Emmys!
July 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
We are so very proud to announce that War Dance, our first feature documentary, has been nominated for two Emmy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography. A heartfelt thanks and congratulations to everyone involved, especially Sean and Andrea Fine. The awards join the Academy Award Nomination and twenty other festival recognitions for War Dance. Nominations for the 31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced July 15th by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). ... [Read the full story]
Hero of the Week
Founding a Charity at 6, and Walking Across the Country for It at 12
July 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By James C. Mckinley Jr. Published: July 27, 2010 SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — He cuts a tiny figure in the vastness of the upland desert, the expanse of scrub and brush and saguaro cactuses and red ragged mountains. He is a red-headed boy with a sunburned nose and sunglasses, and he moves with a step not graceful, nor terribly fast, but steady and determined, his mouth set in a hard line. The boy, Zachary L. Bonner, has walked nearly 1,950 miles from his home outside Tampa, Fla., to this spot in the desert, and he intends to walk... [Read the full story]
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CATA and Farmworkers Rights
July 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
El Comité de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agrícolas (CATA- The Farmworkers Support Committee) is a migrant farmworker organization that is governed by and comprised of farmworkers who are actively engaged in the struggle for better working and living conditions in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Delmarva Peninsula founded in 1979. CATA has made a great impact in the lives of the tens of thousands of migrant workers who have lived and worked in the area over the past 31 years. By providing education on workers’ rights,... [Read the full story]
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