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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Ind. Courts - Calamari Productions MSNBC Series “LAKE COUNTY JUVENILE JUSTICE” wins prestigious Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding TV Series
The ILB has had a number of entries on Calamari Productions. From a press release dated Feb. 24, 2010:
NEW YORK - February 24, 2010 - Calamari Productions and MSNBC have received the 2010 Gracie Allen Award® for Outstanding Television Series for the groundbreaking production, “Lake County Juvenile Justice.” The 35th annual Gracie award winners were announced today by the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT). “We’re incredibly honored to win this esteemed award, and to bring attention to the plight of millions of at-risk kids in the United States,” said Calamari Productions Founder and Chief Executive Karen Grau. “Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard and Senior Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura have done an extraordinary service to the community by allowing us to film in these otherwise legally closed confines.”“Lake County Juvenile Justice” was comprised of six one-hour documentaries. In total, eighteen juveniles were filmed for the series over a ten-month period, illuminating stories that ranged from childhood depression and generational poverty, to youth being sentenced to juvenile prison. The goal for producing the series was to deliver an in-depth, unflinching look at how the juvenile systems work, giving viewers a sense not only for the juvenile court hearings, but for the lives of the kids who have grown up in under-serviced neighborhoods in at-risk families and with significant educational challenges.
"Working with Calamari Productions to achieve Indana Chief Justice Randall Shepard's goal of educating the public on the topic of Juvenile Delinquency and its consequences was truly an honor,” said Mary Beth Bonaventura, Senior Judge, Lake Superior Court, the juvenile judge featured in the series. “The series absolutely captures what takes place from detention of a juvenile to disposition of their cases in the courtroom. Karen Grau is a master at capturing the powerful interactions of kids and their parents and bringing to light the consequences of delinquent behavior on the lives of these kids, their families, and our comuunities."
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 28, 2010 02:39 PM
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