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2008 Emmy Nominees

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Sundance Documentary Film Program congratulates all of the grantees nominated for the 2008 News and Documentary Emmy!

Iraq in Fragments James Longley
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Cinematography News Coverage/Documentaries

Made in L.A. Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story, Long Form

Rain in a Dry Land Anne Makepeace
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story, Long Form

Sentenced Home David Grabias, Nicole Newnham
Outstanding Informational Programming, Long Form

The Trials of Darryl Hunt Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Research
Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft, Music and Sound

About the Filmmaker

Prior to her recent appointment as Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Cara Mertes was the Executive Director of American Documentary, Inc and Executive Producer of P.O.V., PBS’ acclaimed independent documentary showcase. AmDoc is a leading nonprofit specializing in leveraging the power of independent documentary in public life online, in communities and in broadcast. Mertes is a long-time advocate for independent media artists, and an award-winning filmmaker, programmer, teacher and writer whose work has been featured widely in museums, festivals, on PBS and internationally. She has been recognized with three George Foster Peabody awards, two duPont-Columbia Awards and three Academy Award nominations as P.O.V.’s Executive Producer. In addition, she was the creator and Executive Producer of P.O.V.’s original online showcase, P.O.V.’s Borders, winning a Webby Award, a Batten Journalism Award, an On-Line Journalism and Parent’s Choice Award. She has also executive produced more then 70 original websites for the series’ films (www.pbs.org/pov).

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