23 Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations in 12 Categories for PBS SoCal's Locally Produced Programming; Leading All Other LA Broadcasters for Most Recognition This Year
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Los Angeles, Calif. – June 4, 2024 – PBS SoCal Southern California’s flagship PBS organization, announced today 23 nominations for the 76th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards presented by the Television Academy, more than any other LA-based broadcast organizations. The 23 nominations for 10 different programs/series produced as either PBS SoCal or KCET (now called PBS SoCal Plus) productions and were spread across 12 different categories. The locally produced content/productions were recognized in a variety of categories that ranged from “L.A. Local Color” to “Live Special Events” and “Education/Information” to “Crime/Social Issues.” All 33 categories will be presented during a ceremony on Sat., July 27 at the Four Seasons Hotel Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, hosted by award-winning journalist Michaela Pereira.
The award-winning, locally produced original arts and culture series ARTBOUND received the most nominations with 10 in total, highlighting a variety of season 14 episodes. Nominees included an examination of two Chinatown restaurants that became the implausible heart of L.A.’s burgeoning punk scene in the 1970s called “Chinatown Punk Wars,” a look at the murals of David Alfaro Siqueiros in “América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros,” the impact of a revered regional publisher in ““Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages” and the birth of affirmative action policies to increase the enrollment of students of color from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in “L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement” as well as digital content “Little Amal.”
Five nominations went to the four-episode series 10 DAYS IN WATTS from actor and filmmaker Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time, Murder in the First) following an urban garden set to open in the community of Watts, built and nurtured by dedicated residents who saw more than economic hardship, social inequality and environmental racism in their future. The series chronicles three generations of activists in the Watkins family, as well as students, farmers, and community leaders committed to healing past social injustices.
Additional nominations also went to PBS SoCal content that included specials the 2023 MEDIA ACCESS AWARDS with Easterseals, the L.A. COUNTY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION (for their live 64th annual concert in December of 2023), and BONNIE BOSWELL PRESENTS “Saving Moms,” along with the digital series HIP HOP AND THE METAVERSE and documentaries EVERYBODY DANCE, HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT GREG? A JOURNEY THROUGH ALZHEIMER’S, MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE: WORKERS DIE, FILM BURIED as well as the WEEKLY ARTS digital series.
A full list of nominations for KCET and PBS SoCal are listed alphabetically by program within each category:
L.A. Local Color
- Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Daniel Baghdasarian, Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Richie Kulchar, Director, Producer
Ben Boyd, Director of Photography, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer - A Garden Grows in Watts (10 Days in Watts)
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Nico Giles Wiggins, Associate Producer
Chris Boyer, Co-Producer
Saga Elmohtaseb, Producer
Independent Programming
- Everybody Dance
Dan Watt, Director, Producer
Isaiah Camp, Editor, Producer - Have You Heard About Greg? A Journey Through Alzheimer's
Steve Ecclesine, Director, Producer
Education/Information
- L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Kitty Hu, Director, Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Shannon Sun-Higginson, Producer
Carol Paik, Producer
Bryant Griffin, Director
Gionatan Tecle, Director of Photography
Joshua Guishard, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Ben Caldwell, Coordinating Producer - We Are Taught to Survive (10 Days in Watts)
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Nico Giles Wiggins, Associate Producer
Chris Boyer, Co-Producer
Saga Elmohtaseb, Producer
Crime/Social Issues
- Bonnie Boswell Presents: Saving Moms
Bonnie Boswell, Executive Producer, Host
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Phil Hughes, Editor
Taylor Hamilton, Supervising Producer
Sasheen Artis, Coordinating Producer
Cynda Wang, Associate Producer - Watts Pride (10 Days in Watts)
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Nico Giles Wiggins, Associate Producer
Chris Boyer, Co-Producer
Saga Elmohtaseb, Producer
Culture/History
- América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Ana Paola Rodriguez, Producer
Jose Luis Figueroa, Director, Producer
Omar Foglio, Director, Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Eric Waldron, Director of Photography
Marina Viruete, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer - Legacy (10 Days in Watts)
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Juan Devis, Executive Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer
Angela Boisvert, Producer
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Luis Alfonso De la Parra, Associate Producer
Nico Giles Wiggins, Associate Producer
Chris Boyer, Co-Producer
Anita M. Cal, Coordinating Producer
Saga Elmohtaseb, Producer - Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried
Lyn Goldfarb, Producer
Greg Mitchell, Director, Producer, Writer
Michelle Merker, Executive Producer
Informational Series (more than 50% remote)
- Weekly Arts: Celebrating Black Artists
Justin Cram, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Brendan Bubion, Editor, Producer
Paula Kiley, Associate Producer
Daniel Leonard, Editor
Suzanne Méjean Pinney, Editor
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Informational Series (more than 50% studio)
- Hip Hop and the Metaverse
Robeson Taj Frazier Ph.D., Coordinating Producer, Host, Writer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Justin Cram, Executive Producer
Marguerite De Bourgoing, Producer, Writer
Jaime Morgan Munoz, Producer, Writer
Colin Taylor, Associate Producer
Suzanne Méjean Pinney, Editor
Daniel Leonard, Editor
Gene Sung, Camera
Robert McDonnell, Supervising Producer
Entertainment
- 2023 Media Access Awards with Easterseals
Deborah Calla, Executive Producer
Allen Rucker, Producer
Paul Miller, Director
John Hamilton, Producer
Michelle Merker, Producer
Amanda Hang, Producer
C. Drew Unser, Editor
Marlee Matlin, Co-Host
Troy Kotsur, Co-Host - Chinatown Punk Wars (Artbound)
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Steven Kochones, Director, Producer
Daniel Sollinger, Producer
David Gordon, Director of Photography
Paul Factora, Editor
Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Music Composition
- América Tropical: The Martyr Mural of Siqueiros (Artbound)
Luis Parody, Composer - Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages (Artbound)
Yousef Yaqub, Composer - L.A. Rebellion: A Cinematic Movement (Artbound)
Karam Salem, Composer
Live Special Events - Programming
- 64th Annual L.A. County Holiday Celebration
Kenneth Shapiro, Director, Executive Producer
Taylor Comen, Executive Producer
Julia Diamond, Executive Producer
Michelle Merker, Producer
Derek Browell, Producer
Kris Sheets, Producer
David Wild, Coordinating Producer
Rachel Steinman, Coordinating Producer
Pamela Chelin, Writer
Suzanna Guzmán, Host
Danny J Gomez, Host
Sara Niimi, Associate Director
Shiran Stotland, Technical Director
Patrick Traylor, Associate Producer
Lily Alia, Associate Producer
John Martinez, Graphic Designer
David Zeiger, Segment Producer
Feature Segment
- Little Amal (Artbound)
Nic Cha Kim, Producer
Marley Lister, Associate Producer
Angela Boisvert, Executive Producer
Tamara Gould, Executive Producer
Suzanne Méjean Pinney, Editor
Robert McDonnell, Senior Supervising Producer
Matt Bass, Director of Photography
Matt Pappas, Director of Photography
Short Promo - News/Topical
- 10 Days in Watts
Raphael Sbarge, Director, Executive Producer
Rick Pratt, Editor, Producer - Artbound (Season 14)
Olivia Cox, Editor, Producer - Artbound: Chinatown Punk Wars
Olivia Cox, Editor
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