Sundance Documentary Film Wins 2008 Emmy Award
Made in L.A., a documentary feature that looks inside LA’s Garment Industry, won an Emmy Award at the 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards on Sept. 22. Director/producer Almudena Carracedo and producer Robert Bahar accepted the award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story–Long Form at the awards ceremony in New York.
Five years in the making, the artists received a grant from Sundance Documentary Film Program in 2006. The 70-minute film follows the remarkable story of three Latinas who embark on an odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. In intimate observational style, Made in L.A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life.
Meet the Artists:
Almudena Carracedo, Director/Producer/
Trained in film production in Madrid and Paris, Carracedo worked as a television director in Spain for Canal+. In 2000 she came to the U.S. where her documentary short on Tijuana won an award at SILVERDOCS. Made in L.A. is her first feature documentary.
Robert Bahar, Producer
Robert is director and co-founder of Doculink, the grassroots organization for documentary filmmakers. After earning an M.F.A. from USC he went on to direct the award-winning documentary Laid to Waste.