Pamela Hogan and Oriana Zill de Granados
Best reporting in any medium on Latin America
AWARD DATE: 2011
AWARD NAME: The Robert Spiers Benjamin Award 2011
AWARD RECIPIENT: Pamela Hogan, Abigail E. Disney, Gini Reticker, Nina Chaudry, Oriana Zill de Granados, Kristen Huntley, Jennifer Janisch, Lena Shemel, Juan Carlos
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Thirteen / WNET and Fork Films
AWARD HONORED WORK: “The War We Are Living” from “Women, War & Peace”
This documentary, one part of a five-part series, offers a fascinating first-hand look into the resurgence of violence in rural Colombia, and the ways in which two charismatic Afro-Colombian female leaders are heading up efforts to maintain control of the land and the communities’ destiny. The film’s beautiful and timely depictions of these leaders, and their struggles in the resource-rich southeastern mountains, show us how the origins of the country’s nearly 50-year old civil war remain firmly a part of its landscape. With grace and subtlety, the filmmakers also illustrate the important role of women in times of conflict.
Citation(s) for Excellence:
David Grann
The New Yorker
“A Murder Foretold”
Erin Siegal
Schuster Institute – Brandeis University
“Finding Fernanda: Two Mothers, One Child and a Cross-Border Search for the Truth”