HBO Will Offer Aid to Peabody Hopefuls
In an effort to “nurture the next generation of documentary filmmakers,” cable’s HBO will contribute $10,000 a year for the next three years to help independent producers, documentary filmmakers and broadcast journalists who lack the financial resources to enter the University of Georgia’s annual George Foster Peabody Awards program for radio and television programs.
In addition to helping with the $125 entrance fee, the HBO funds--to be distributed through the Peabody Awards Endowment Fund--will also be used to support travel to the awards ceremonies by winners.
HBO has won 14 Peabodys since 1981, nine for its documentaries, including “I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School” and “Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt.”
Other HBO Peabody winners include the movies “Tuskegee Airmen” and “Citizen Cohn” and the series “The Larry Sanders Show.”
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