2009 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism
Robert Bahar & Almudena Carracedo
“Made in L.A.”
POV
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Made in L.A.” follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from clothing retailer, Forever 21. Made in L.A. reveals the impact of this struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. The program captures the complicated and painful journeys of workers who sacrifice everything for a chance to earn the minimum wage and make a life in the United States. Compelling, humorous, and deeply human, “Made in L.A.” is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage required to find your voice.
Made in LA premiered on the PBS series POV in an unusual bilingual broadcast that reached more than one million viewers and garnered much critical acclaim. Since its premiere, the filmmakers have embarked on a multi-year DIY outreach and distribution initiative, showing “Made in L.A.” at hundreds of community, educational, and faith-based events across the country.
“Made in L.A.” will have an encore broadcast on PBS’ POV series on August 11, 2009, and is currently in educational distribution through California Newsreel.
Almudena Carracedo (director/producer/writer) was born in Madrid. Her previous docu- mentary on Tijuana, “Welcome, A Docu-Journey of Impressions,” received the Sterling Award for Best Short Documen-tary at the Silverdocs Documen-tary Festival. She is the 2008 recipient of the Estela Award of National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and has served as a juror for the Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Valladolid International Film Festival and Santiago’s International Documentary Festival in Chile.
Robert Bahar (Producer/Writer) is an Emmy award-winning documentary producer and the Director/Cofounder of Doculink.org, a grassroots online community of more than 2,000 documentary filmmakers. Bahar previously produced and directed the award-winning documentary “Laid to Waste,” and has line-produced and production-managed several independent films including ITVS’s “Diary of a City Priest” and “Pittsburgh.” He has served on the Board of the International Documentary Association and holds an M.F.A. from The Peter Stark Program at USC.
Previous Honorees in Broadcast Journalism
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Year |
Honoree | Title | Publisher/Airer | Site | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bill Moyers and Kathleen Hughes | Buying the War | Bill Moyers Journal | Go | |
| 2007 | Spike Lee and Sam Pollard | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/HBO | Go | |
| 2006 | Craig Cheatham, Jim Thomas, and Marty Van Housen | La Oroya | KMOV-TV, St Louis | ||
| 2005 | Greg Barker | Ghosts of Rwanda | PBS Frontline | Go | |
| 2004 | Brett Shipp, Mark Smith, and Kraig Kirchem | State of Denial | WFAA-TV | Go | |
| 2003 | Ofra Bikel | An Ordinary Crime | PBS Frontline | Go | |
| 2002 | Tia Lessin | Behind the Labels: Garment Workers on U.S. Saipan | Oxygen Network/WITNESS.org | Go | |
| 2001 | Stacy Abramson and Dave Isay | Witness to an Execution | NPR's All Things Considered | Go | |
| 2001 | Belle Adler and Brad White | American Dream, American Nightmare | A&E | Go | |
| 2000 | Brian Lamb | For television in the public interest | C-SPAN | ||
| 1997 | Ed Bradley | Town Under Siege | Ed Bradley on Assignment, CBS News | ||
| 1996 | Grace Kahng & Stone Phillips | Toy Story | Dateline, NBC | ||
| 1996 | David Isay, LeAlan Jones, Lloyd Newman | Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse | NPR's All Things Considered | Go | |
| 1995 | Hedrick Smith | Across the River | WETA-TV | ||
| 1994 | Andrew Tkach | Of Human Bondage: Slavery Today | ABC News, "Turning Point" | ||
| 1993 | Ofra Bikel | Innocence Lost: The Verdict, | FRONTLINE, WGBH-TV | Go | |
| 1992 | John McChesney | Morning Edition - U.S. Manufacturing Series | National Public Radio | ||
| 1992 | Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz | Dateline: Wal-Mart's Buy American | NBC-TV | ||
| 1991 | California Working Group | This Far By Faith | |||
| 1991 | Gary Covino | David Duke: An Investigative Report | SOUNDPRINT | ||
| 1990 | Joan Beuckman | Medical Costs: A Dangerous Diagnosis | KMOX, CBS Radio, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1990 | Charlayne Hunter-Gault | Through the Safety Net | MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour | ||
| 1989 | Joan Beuckman | Home, Street, Home | KMOX, CBS Radio, St. Louis, MO | ||
| 1989 | Jonathan Kwitny | The Kwitny Report | WNYC/PBS | ||
| 1988 | Marilyn V. DeAngelis | Child Care: Everybody's Baby | WLV I-TV56, Boston, MA |
Special mention:
Pete Noyes & John Schwada
“House Thefts”
KTTV-FOX, Los Angeles
Special Mention
Larry Adelman, Llew Smith, Christine Herbes-Sommers
“Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”
California Newsreel with Vital Pictures
