KCET Wins Four National Arts & Entertainment Awards Presented by the Los Angeles Press Club; KCET Originals ARTBOUND and LOST LA Honored
ARTBOUND’s Osceola Refetoff Named Photojournalist of the Year
Burbank, Calif. – Dec. 3, 2018 – KCET, a content channel of the newly formed PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, is proud to announce that four of its KCET original shows were honored by the LA Press Club at its 2018 National Arts and Entertainment Awards. Multi-media arts and culture series ARTBOUND episode “That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles” won recognition in the Documentary or Special Program Feature (Over 30 minutes) category. While LOST LA, produced in conjunction with the USC libraries, was named as the winner of the Documentary or Special Program Short category for the season two episode “Dream Factory.” Photographer Osceola Refetoff was named Photo Journalist of the Year for his work on KCET’s ARTBOUND and took the top award in the Photo Essay category for ARTBOUND’s “A Glimpse of Another America.”
The 11th annual National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards were presented on Sun., Dec. 2 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel.
In addition to its four wins, KCET received two additional honors with a second-place recognition in the Feature (Over Five Minutes) category for its news documentary series SOCAL CONNECTED, as well as a third-place recognition for the LOST LA documentary “Descanso Gardens” in the Documentary or Special Program Feature (Over 30 Minutes) category.
To view the winning stories, please click on the links below:
TV/ VIDEO/FILM
Documentary or Special Program, Feature (Over 30 minutes)
ARTBOUND - “That Far Corner: Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Angeles”
Juan Devis, Christopher Hawthorne, Matthew Crotty, Jac Reyno and Travis Labella
Judges’ comment: Masterful documentary combining expert architectural criticism of Wright’s works along with social and psychological insights and topped by outstanding cinematography.
Documentary or Special Program, Short (Under 30 minutes)
LOST LA - “Dream Factory”
Juan Devis, Matthew Crotty, Nathan Masters, Logan Kibens and Nonetheless Productions
Judges’ comment: Eye-opening exploration of the long-neglected impact of women filmmakers in early Hollywood, and the exploitive role of the Central Casting Bureau.
PHOTO JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
ARTBOUND
Judges’ comment: The poetic realism of this work speaks volumes without a single written word.
PHOTOGRAPHY (Print or online)
Photo Essay
ARTBOUND - “A Glimpse of Another America”
Osceola Refetoff
Judges’ comment: The honesty of everyday life is beautifully captured by these stunningly simple and revealing shots.
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