The Gracie Allen Awards

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2008

Outstanding Producer, Comedy
11 Central Ave.
800 lb. Productions, weekly series

This four-minute radiostrip plays out in the kitchen of 11 Central Ave, the home of an extended family where a hodgepodge of other characters regularly drops in.

Best Soft Feature, Public Radio
Side Saddle Weekend
Diane Toomey, 07:33

Think side saddle riding went out with corsets and bustles? Think again.

Outstanding Special Program
As I Am: Asians in America
Nathan Kupel, 57:00

This pilot features reports, analyses, and commentary on social, political, cultural and artistic topics.

2007

Outstanding Portrait/Biography Show
April in Paris/At Home on Cape Cod
Soundprint, 59:00

Alice Furlaud remembers her childhood and adolescence in summers on the Lower Cape. Furlaud has come back, after 26 years in Paris, to live year-round in the 1829 Truro house which her parents bought in l933. She revisits sites full of memories, and talks to friends who remember her early days on the Cape.

2006

Outstanding Feature
Born Into Brothels
Lu Olkowski, 06:31

Several years ago Zana Briski, a photographer, found herself giving photography lessons to children living in the brothels of Calcutta's red light district. She told Lu Olkowski about the challenges of trying to change people's lives with art.

Outstanding Soft Feature
Angel of Burundi
Sonya Varma / World Vision Report, 07:10

Maggy Barankitse is a Tutsi from Burundi who's helped thousands of Tutsi and Hutu children orphaned by that country?s civil war. Twelve years ago, she was a witness to mass killings during that war. Because Barankitse is Tutsi, her life was spared - and she managed to save 25 children. She's founder of Shalom House, which cares for orphans and refugees.

2005

Outstanding Public Affairs Program
Lest We Forget
Lee Woodman, 59:00

One-hour Memorial Day special, featuring personal memoirs of World War II veterans who sacrificed their youth, lost their innocence, saw a larger world, and survived unimaginable hardships to tell their stories.

Voices of Our World: Brides for Sale
Elinoar Astrinksy, 28:00

Direct order brides suffer silently.

Outstanding Interview Program
Speaking of Faith
Minnesota Public Radio, 58:00

Host Krista Tippett explores how globalization has spurred a rise in religious movements worldwide, and how religious voices are gaining influence in global economic decision-making circles.

Outstanding Radio Documentary
War and Forgiveness
Soundprint, 59:00

Two emotional long-form features about victims and perpetrators of wartime atrocities.

Deep In Our Hearts
Sandra Sleight-Brennan, 58:57

An award winning hour-long documentary about four white women who defied the color line to work in the southern Civil Rights Movement.

Subculture
WFUV, 60:00

A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway.

HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
Claire Schoen, 3 hour-long programs

A documentary series about helping people to live well as they face death.

Outstanding Portrait/Biography Program
At Home with Ani DiFranco
WFUV, 57:00

A rare invitation to the home of Ani DiFranco, for an informal, intimate chat and impromptu performance.

Outstanding Special Program
Camel's Hump Radio
Vermont Public Radio, half-hour series

Bill Harley hosts this weekly half-hour family read aloud program, featuring a compelling excerpt from children's literature.

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